Wix
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Wix is a point-and-click website creation service that does not allow exporting your content, so is not recommended for hosting your IndieWeb site.
Criticism
No export
Wix does not support exporting, which makes migration difficult, and is thus not recommended for hosting your IndieWeb site.
- 2019-04-22
Greg McVerry: a note (archived from the original)
“For everyone who is replying to this thread they love Wix please read term of service. You can not export your data anywhere. They trap you. Not a good choice for #writerslife community https://support.wix.com/en/article/exporting-or-embedding-your-wix-site-elsewhere”
- 2021-04-07 : Wix and Their Dirty Tricks (archived)
“Once you buy into their proprietary stack you’re locked in, which even their support documentation admits”
Accused of violating open source license
- 2016-10-28 : The Wix Mobile App, a WordPress Joint (archived)
- 2023-08-31 : WordPress and Wix Are Fighting About Open Source Software (archived)
- Re: their marketing “Wix.com, which helps small businesses build and operate websites”
- Wix absolutely does not help anyone do anything but give them money. They don't expose standards; they have been litigated against for violating OpenSource license of WordPress - 2020-02-20 Lewis Cowles