I don't really agree with people saying this is good communication. What will happen with Glitch?

Yes! It's exactly what it says it's not, an Incredible Journey post, from Anil, who is a laser-sharp writer.

I kept reading because I assumed they were going to - idk open source it or allow you to host Glitch apps elsewhere - but nope, it's just a straight shutdown announcement. What have I got wrong?

I'd assume there is some obfuscation required by owners or whatever pending a change of ownership, something like that?

Anyhow, RIP, if the internet has taught me anything it's that we can't have nice things for more than about 10 years.

They’re shutting down.

This is one of those classic examples of awful communication dressed up as some kind of “good news everyone!” treatise on a founders personal feelings while being clear as molasses about reality.