u/richards1052

I've been a self-hosted user for 20 yrs. Recently, I got msgs from Jetpack that I would no longer have access to site stats unless I paid a fee. Sites WP designated as "commercial" would be obligated to pay the fee in order to continue to access the stats.

The categories they use to define a site as commercial are entirely artificial: solicit donations? You're commercial. Sell books on your site (earning $50/yr), you're commercial. Use an LLC (solely to protect from lawsuits), you're commercial.

There isn't anything remotely commercial about my site. It's a political blog featuring analysis and independent journalism. No products, no marketing, no sales.

I know I can get the same stats with Analytics & other plugins. So that's not the issue. That's what I'll be doing after Jetpack site stats go away.

It's just that this seems to be a means of generating revenue from users. It just seems crass and cheap.