WordPress
3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 7, 2020 by Bernadette Kevins · said 30 times in 8 episodes since 2020 · across every show →
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2023 3 mentions in 1 episode
2022 5 mentions in 1 episode
2021 16 mentions in 4 episodes 4 per episode
2020 6 mentions in 2 episodes 3 per episode
Everything said about WordPress, oldest first
Dec 7, 2020 positive
Kevins: Shopify succeeded by unbundling complex workflows from WordPress
“Shopify is a hundred billion dollar WordPress plugin. And just to be really clear, I'm not saying literally, like, a hundred, you know, Shopify does what you ought to be able to do with a plugin to WordPress, except it's too difficult, and it's too verticalize…”
Jan 3, 2021 positive
Feb 21, 2021 bearish
Evans: Users will eventually abandon Shopify for simpler alternatives
“Paradoxically, you know, all services grow, you know, so it's a problem that eventually Shopify, people will look at Shopify and say, that's too hard, I want something simpler, which is exactly why Shopify did. They looked at WordPress and said, that's too har…”