Automattic has announced that users will now be able to purchase premium themes for their WordPress.com websites and blogs. The commercial theme marketplace for self-hosted WordPress sites has exploded in the past few years. Moreover, the availability of various WordPress themes — commercial or otherwise — has contributed to increased adoption of WordPress across the web. It makes sense that Automattic would want to bring some of the most popular WordPress.org premium themes to WordPress.com customers. Tumblr added the ability for users to purchase and install premium themes in March 2010. Source: Mashable.com I think this is fantastic...opens up a lot more design options for wordpress.com users. What say you?
I say....finally! I always end up using self-hosted blogs for every little thing just because you can't get a decent .com theme. Hopefully this changes things.