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I've been checking his site the last few days just to get the pro Apple spin. This is awesome. Can Apple ever make a serious mistake in Gruber's eyes?

grzm 10y ago
I think it would be a useful project to compile a list of times Gruber has been critical of Apple. One topic he has called out Apple on been the amount of memory in entry-level iPhones and iPads. http://daringfireball.net/2014/10/ipad_air_2 http://daringfireball.net/2014/10/ipad_air_2 I don't know if this meets your criteria for "serious", and it's just a single example. Just a little push-back against "ever" :)
- plinkplonk 10y ago
  that specific article has a pinch of criticism in a gallon of praise ;-) That said, I'm fine with Gruber being such a fanboy. He fills a niche, makes a great living, and his readers are happy. All good. I personally find his writing amusing is all.
  - grzm 10y ago
    "that specific article has a pinch of criticism in a gallon of praise " No disagreement here :) Like I said, just a little push back :)
themodelplumber 10y ago
That post is as close to a "WTF is going on" as you'll probably get from Gruber. I was pretty surprised to read it.
snowwrestler 10y ago
The flip side to this is all the times people thought Apple was making a huge mistake but it turned out great. The initial Slashdot review of the iPod is a pretty famous example.
- scott_karana 10y ago
  CmdTaco was not the segment Apple was aiming for with the iPod. Nor was Dropbox aiming for Hacker News readers, in case you bring that up. But HN readers disproportionately use MBPs, I'd bet, so I can understand feeling betrayal in this case.
  - snowwrestler 10y ago
    I think the iPod was aimed at everyone. I mean, CmdrTaco eventually bought an iPod.
bane 10y ago
Gruber is absolutely unable of even the most modest form of critical thinking as it might be even loosely defined when it comes to Apple. Given that his heavy readership and deeply biased writing gives him lots of access to Apple it's charitable to call him a naked shill and I usually just flag posts to his blog in the same vein as if they're links to Apple advertisements. Outside of the most partisan politics on the planet, you'll not find such an absurd twisting of ideas anywhere. At this point he's just writing really really shitty satire. Strangely, his public talks are actually quite enjoyable and much more interesting and entertaining.

grzm 10y ago

I think it would be a useful project to compile a list of times Gruber has been critical of Apple. One topic he has called out Apple on been the amount of memory in entry-level iPhones and iPads. http://daringfireball.net/2014/10/ipad_air_2 http://daringfireball.net/2014/10/ipad_air_2 I don't know if this meets your criteria for "serious", and it's just a single example. Just a little push-back against "ever" :)

plinkplonk 10y ago
that specific article has a pinch of criticism in a gallon of praise ;-) That said, I'm fine with Gruber being such a fanboy. He fills a niche, makes a great living, and his readers are happy. All good. I personally find his writing amusing is all.
- grzm 10y ago
  "that specific article has a pinch of criticism in a gallon of praise " No disagreement here :) Like I said, just a little push back :)

themodelplumber 10y ago

That post is as close to a "WTF is going on" as you'll probably get from Gruber. I was pretty surprised to read it.

snowwrestler 10y ago

The flip side to this is all the times people thought Apple was making a huge mistake but it turned out great. The initial Slashdot review of the iPod is a pretty famous example.

scott_karana 10y ago
CmdTaco was not the segment Apple was aiming for with the iPod. Nor was Dropbox aiming for Hacker News readers, in case you bring that up. But HN readers disproportionately use MBPs, I'd bet, so I can understand feeling betrayal in this case.
- snowwrestler 10y ago
  I think the iPod was aimed at everyone. I mean, CmdrTaco eventually bought an iPod.

bane 10y ago

Gruber is absolutely unable of even the most modest form of critical thinking as it might be even loosely defined when it comes to Apple. Given that his heavy readership and deeply biased writing gives him lots of access to Apple it's charitable to call him a naked shill and I usually just flag posts to his blog in the same vein as if they're links to Apple advertisements. Outside of the most partisan politics on the planet, you'll not find such an absurd twisting of ideas anywhere. At this point he's just writing really really shitty satire. Strangely, his public talks are actually quite enjoyable and much more interesting and entertaining.