One source of support for WP Engine was WordCamp Sydney, which recently used its X account to argue that the hosting biz sponsoring its events was a valuable contribution to the WordPress community. "It's not just about contributing dev back to core," event organizers argued.

We'd link to the Xeet in which WordCamp Sydney made that observation, but another Automattic employee wrote to the event's organizers with a request to take it down – on grounds that it did not "align with the Community Team's view." The Community Team includes Automattic staffers who help with WordCamps.