Comment by solarkraft
19 hours ago
Automattic also bought Tumblr and Pocket Casts, publishing the code of the latter. I used to have a subscription just to support them.
19 hours ago
Automattic also bought Tumblr and Pocket Casts, publishing the code of the latter. I used to have a subscription just to support them.
The purchase of Tumblr was basically Elon purchasing Twitter without the political gain. I'm amazed the purchase decision was ever made, and more amazed that it still exists after the hit to the user base.
And unlike the Twitter acquisition, Tumblr users basically universally hate its new owner. Twitter has plenty of Elon boosters, but I've never seen someone on Tumblr actually _like_ photomatt.
Wow I had no idea Pocket Casts was open source now. I still have a subscription because it's a perfect app I use every day.
And Simplenote.
Which is no longer in active development
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47195093
They clearly changed their mind.
That "no longer developed" note is from September 2025.
They made a bunch of non-trivial improvements in 2026: https://simplenote.com/blog/
That is sad but not surprising. I think they always had a bit more trouble with its sync system than they would have wanted.
I loved Simplenote for the longest time but ultimately simple pragmatism switched me to Apple Notes after dalliances with several task management apps.