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I think that's post 3/3 in a series of "Thank god Apple gave X a review copy before me" — it's incredibly bitter and a bit unseemly, to be honest.

twoodfin 9y ago
To be fair to Gruber, I think his criticism of the PR for the X is that it displays a lack of taste. If Google picked slack-jawed YouTubers to be the first wave of press for the Pixel 2 I bet he’d have a similar, if more derisive, reaction.
trb8 9y ago
> “Thank god Apple gave X a review copy before me” Ah yes. Excellent usage of quotation marks for your interpretation of Gruber’s thoughts. Nothing at all dishonest about that.
- henrikeh 9y ago
  Just to give a bit more context. Three recent posts use almost exactly this wording [0-2], but none of them include "before me". [0]: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/allen-iphone-x https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/allen-iphone-x [1]: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/fashion-iphone-x https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/fashion-iphone-... [2]: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/iphone-x-highsnobiety https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/iphone-x-highsn...
kemiller 9y ago
I don't get the impression that he was denied a review unit, just that his embargo clears later. The Youtubers don't seem even to have been given a unit at all — just access to them in Apple facilities.
- aetherson 9y ago
  He got a review unit 24 hours ago, per his most recent post.
  - kemiller 9y ago
    Right, so the youtubers were just sort of teaser reviews. I do think it's disdainful, and slightly obnoxious/elitist, but I don't read it as personal bitterness.
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dilap 9y ago
Eh, that's just Gruber's style, always a bit of an asshole. Sometimes it's amusing and sometimes it really grates, but you've got to admit it seems to be working for him. Anyway, underneath the presentation, he has a good point that it's pretty weak that Apple chose complete puff-piece reviewers to get initial seed units.
- theyregreat 9y ago
  Probably drives a Mercedes, but not so bad as a BMW.

twoodfin 9y ago

To be fair to Gruber, I think his criticism of the PR for the X is that it displays a lack of taste. If Google picked slack-jawed YouTubers to be the first wave of press for the Pixel 2 I bet he’d have a similar, if more derisive, reaction.

trb8 9y ago

> “Thank god Apple gave X a review copy before me” Ah yes. Excellent usage of quotation marks for your interpretation of Gruber’s thoughts. Nothing at all dishonest about that.

henrikeh 9y ago
Just to give a bit more context. Three recent posts use almost exactly this wording [0-2], but none of them include "before me". [0]: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/allen-iphone-x https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/allen-iphone-x [1]: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/fashion-iphone-x https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/fashion-iphone-... [2]: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/iphone-x-highsnobiety https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/30/iphone-x-highsn...

kemiller 9y ago

I don't get the impression that he was denied a review unit, just that his embargo clears later. The Youtubers don't seem even to have been given a unit at all — just access to them in Apple facilities.

aetherson 9y ago
He got a review unit 24 hours ago, per his most recent post.
- kemiller 9y ago
  Right, so the youtubers were just sort of teaser reviews. I do think it's disdainful, and slightly obnoxious/elitist, but I don't read it as personal bitterness.
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dilap 9y ago

Eh, that's just Gruber's style, always a bit of an asshole. Sometimes it's amusing and sometimes it really grates, but you've got to admit it seems to be working for him. Anyway, underneath the presentation, he has a good point that it's pretty weak that Apple chose complete puff-piece reviewers to get initial seed units.

theyregreat 9y ago
Probably drives a Mercedes, but not so bad as a BMW.