Wordle is dead to us. Alright, so that might be a bit harsh, but we are certainly far less interested in its original incarnation since its acquisition by The New York Times at the end of last month. We don’t begrudge Wordle’s creator, Josh Wardle, for getting that money, but we definitely begrudge the NYT for it, given that they have more money than a “DEITY” — which is actually a pretty good first guess, now that we think about it.
Aside from the game becoming far less palatable after both its corporate ingestion and the upcoming, inevitable paywalling, there’s now yet another reason to switch over to one of its many clones: Wordle is absolutely riddled with ad trackers now.
