I'm not criticising my right to put in extra work to make promising efforts available on platforms that do not track users; I criticise the fact that the developers didn't do this in the first place.
But good work putting the onus on me, you complete corporate rando.
No, I use only the platforms I wouldn't want to see get lost eventually. But I see your attempt at a rhetorical gotcha, and I want to recognise that, too.
There are several UI translation projects, one is Transifex. There is also Crowdin, but I see they have started using "AI" translations as well...
Generally, both mobile and web apps that are interested in volunteer translators will have a link to their preferred platform in their source code repository.
I've used deepl, and as a "quick solution/I'm fine with the occasional error" translation service it's definitely better than Google. As a commercial platform probably tracking more than I personally care for, trying to corner a market share —not so much.
But neither of the above are fit for translating books of any kind (except perhaps as a joke to emphasise just that). And I'm still doubtful of the "AI" models doing any better.
This weird grudge match is devolving more and more into schoolyard tactics. I've been wary of all the Automattic service integrations even in self hosted WP, and it's turning out even worse than I could imagine. Not with simple enshittification, but with a complete egomaniacal tantrum.
My earnest hope is that all of the former WordPress community supporters and contributors, swivel and start investing their time and effort into WriteFreely.
I'm afraid there won't be one replacement for WordPress, because it has so many applications. The pure blogging aspect could be substituted by Writefreely, more advanced users may go to Ghost, and I'm not sure what small business and corporate websites will turn to?
I'm not criticising my right to put in extra work to make promising efforts available on platforms that do not track users; I criticise the fact that the developers didn't do this in the first place.
But good work putting the onus on me, you complete corporate rando.