24th Mar 2026
20 US States Now Have Privacy Laws and the Grace Period Is Gone. What That Means for Your Store.
20
US states with privacy laws
no cure period from Jan 2025
$2,663 per violation (unintentional)
$7,988 per violation (intentional / minors)
California's Consumer Privacy Act ended its 30-day cure period on December 31, 2024. Starting January 1, 2025, violations of the CCPA and its amendments under ...
24th Mar 2026
The Open Source Trap: WordPress Is "Free" Until the Person Who Controls the Repository Decides It Isn't.
.org
plugins
chokepoint
themes
-99%
Automattic open-source
contribution cut
3,988 hrs/wk → 45 hrs/wk
WordPress is open source software. The license is GPL. Anyone can download it, modify it, distribute it, and build a business on it without paying Automattic anything. This is fundamentally ...
