35 points snackernews | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 20:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source

All of the coverage and opinions I’ve read have focused on the longer term impact to the WordPress ecosystem itself.

I’m an enthusiastic longtime paying user of Pocket Casts and Day One.

Now that employees are leaving in droves (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41872046) I fear for both.

Pocket Casts is the only podcast app that has ever clicked for me.

I’ve invested significant time and personal writing and media into Day One journals. Privacy concerns aside, it’s an app and platform I enjoy using.

How many of the employees fleeing Automattic couldn’t care less about WordPress but are the product and technical expertise behind these other products?

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lawgimenez ◴[18 Oct 24 03:42 UTC] No.41876156[source]▶

>>41873445 (OP) #

Exporting my Day One right now, I don't want my data around an unstable CEO.

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1. ValentineC ◴[18 Oct 24 15:50 UTC] No.41880538[source]▶

>>41876156 #

I was helping a friend look at journaling apps a few months ago, and one reason I hesitated at suggesting Day One was because it had been acquired by Automattic.

I ended up suggesting Diarly [1], but I think said friend went with Apple's native Journal app. I really hope Apple eventually releases macOS and iPad versions of it.

[1] https://diarly.app

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