Title: crippleware
Last modified: July 21, 2020

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# crippleware

 *  [bristweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bristweb/)
 * (@bristweb)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crippleware-7/)
 * Puts your export in a proprietary format that can keep you locked out of your
   own data.

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 *  Plugin Author [Yani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yaniiliev/)
 * (@yaniiliev)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crippleware-7/#post-13151326)
 * No, the wpress format is not a proprietary format.
    You can extract a wpress 
   file with Traktor: [https://traktor.wp-migration.com](https://traktor.wp-migration.com)
   I’ve created a library for working with the wpress format here: [https://github.com/yani-/wpress](https://github.com/yani-/wpress)
 *  Thread Starter [bristweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bristweb/)
 * (@bristweb)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/crippleware-7/#post-13152407)
 * Ok. A filetype where unpacking requires:
    1) a server with upload capacity greater
   than the export size 2) purchasing software 3) installing more software that “
   macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware.” and the referenced sourcecode
   has 2 followers on github. 4) Building new software to read the format
 * I don’t see any benefit to the end user over .tar or other ubiquitous archive
   filetypes. I think “proprietary” is accurate even if technically open source.
   I would have loved to pay you for the software; just not when led on a snipe 
   hunt first.

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