It has come to my attention that Automattic is going to be selling of the data of its users for training AI.

This is unacceptable and I’m sure violates at least some data protection rules.

While I can’t stop them using my past data, since they already have it and likely already HAVE trained their models on it, I can stop them using more of my WordPress data…. by not giving them any more of my data.

As such, when my WordPress plan here expires, I will not be renewing it. When the domain comes up for renewal, I’ll transfer it off WordPress entirely.

As for my blog? At the moment I’m looking at other options, including Medium, Blogger, and Ghost, and also self-hosted options.