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Originally Published 1 year ago — by Bloomberg
Automattic Inc., the company behind WordPress.com, has acquired the messaging app Beeper, which was at the center of a recent dispute with Apple Inc. The deal includes absorbing Beeper's 27 employees, with co-founder Eric Migicovsky set to become Automattic’s head of messaging.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Lifehacker
WordPress is a content management system that can be hosted anywhere, while WordPress.com is a site that sells hosted WordPress sites. The recent news about Automattic selling user data to AI modeling companies has raised concerns, but the primary difference between the two is that WordPress.com offers a more controlled experience with limited options and customer support, while self-hosted WordPress has no constraints but requires more technical knowledge. Data privacy concerns primarily apply to WordPress.com sites, but self-hosted sites using services like Jetpack may also be at risk.