To clarify, this was not in reference to the lack of metrics in the field, which exist, obviously. Nor was it in reference to the lack of metrics / citations in

To clarify, this was not in reference to the lack of metrics in the field, which exist, obviously. Nor was it in reference to the lack of metrics / citations in academic and scientific publications. This was in reference to a lack of specific citations/metric backing up a claim, from a popular publication targeting a mass audience does not necessarily have the subject matter expertise to fill in the data on their own. The information you provide comparing Apple's lack of benchmarking to others would have been useful to have in the article.