Uninstalled

  • When I first put WordPress on my server years ago, JetPack came recommended. Sure, it had bloat, but it was a nice, FREE, one-stop place. So for years, I used it. But then the folks who run JetPack said, “We need to charge these scum for anti-spam stuff!” So even if you have what amounts to a vanity site that literally gets about 2￠/month in revenue, that means you need to lose even more money.

    So while I raged at losing access to the anti-spam stuff from JetPack, I got another plugin and moved on. Then when JetPack suddenly needed money to auto-post stuff to social media (’cause that apparently needs a massive development team to support it) beyond a few posts/month, I raged, but I just started doing my own social blasts.

    The final straw came when I discovered JetPack now charges to look at bloody stats. I immediately disabled the plugin and am gone. The stats were nice, and the top-10 feature was neat (though I noticed recently that it stopped working correctly), but I’ll get that info elsewhere. Basically, JetPack is dying, and this desperate cash grab whereby they want to charge separate fees for all their bloated components will no doubt eventually force them to go under, unless there are enough suckers out there.

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  • Plugin Support Animesh Gaurav (a11n)

    (@bizanimesh)

    Hello there – I know that price changes are never easy. We have not made this decision lightly; after providing the Jetpack Stats service for free for many years, it’s not something we can do any longer and remain sustainable. To keep the quality, maintain the development cost for the product, and increase the features, we introduced the paid versions. However, we are still providing Stats for free if a site a completely non-commercial.

    You can get a 25% discount for your first purchase, by using the coupon code JP_Stats25 at checkout, if that would help with the transition.

    We appreciate the feedback and understand that this is not the outcome you were hoping for. We hope that Jetpack Stats can continue to provide value to your site.

    Please let us know if you have other questions or if there’s anything else we can do to help!

    @astronerdboy 100%!!!!!!!!

    Plugin Support Alin (a11n)

    (@alinclamba)

    Hi @rickaero,

    I’m not sure if I understand your message, could you please provide more details? I’d be happy to help! Per the forum guidelines, please open e new support thread here.

    Thank you!

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