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There was some stretch of time where I'd visit his blog once every week or so and catch up. He has a tendency to take Apple flaws and spin them as good things.

There was some stretch of time where I'd visit his blog once every week or so and catch up. He has a tendency to take Apple flaws and spin them as good things. Even when he does criticize Apple it's only half heartedly. I'm not sure who wins the spin competition between him and Paul Thurrott

lern_too_spel 9y ago
Definitely Gruber. I've seen Thurrot recommend products from more than one company. Gruber, never. If Apple has a product in the space, only the Apple product is worth buying, no matter how objectively bad it is.
- mcphage 9y ago
  > I've seen Thurrot recommend products from more than one company. Gruber, never. That's also definitely not true. He's been a big supporter of Amazon's Echo line, he's mentioned a number of Android phones he likes—hell, on his front page right now he links glowingly to an article about how much better Google Maps is than Apple Maps.
  - lern_too_spel 9y ago
    > He's been a big supporter of Amazon's Echo line Apple doesn't have a competing product. Please read the rest of the GP post. > he's mentioned a number of Android phones he likes Yet he prefers the Apple phones to all of them. Again, read the remainder of the GP post. > on his front page right now he links glowingly to an article about how much better Google Maps is than Apple Maps. Yet he himself still prefers Apple Maps. Again, read the remainder of the GP post. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/09/30/apple-maps-google-maps https://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/09/30/apple-maps-goog... Extracting the part of the GP post that matters: "If Apple has a product in the space, only the Apple product is worth buying, no matter how objectively bad it is."
    - mcphage 9y ago
      You seem to have missed the part of your own post—the one you're commenting on a reply to—where you stated "I've seen Thurrot recommend products from more than one company. Gruber, never."
      - lern_too_spel 9y ago
        You seem to be more interested in pedantry than in understanding the point of the post, which you've conceded. To be extra pedantic, none of your examples show Gruber recommending a non-Apple product at all. At most, Gruber concludes that they have some useful features. When he writes about the Echo, he writes about how Apple will do it better. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/12/26/wynn-echo https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/12/26/wynn-echo https://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/11/06/amazon-echo https://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/11/06/amazon-echo And peak MacGruber: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/04/27/amazon-echo-look https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/04/27/amazon-echo-loo...
        mcphage 9y ago
        > You seem to be more interested in pedantry than in understanding the point of the post, which you've conceded. Yes, I am interested in responding to what you actually said. Sorry if you can't handle that. I'm going to ignore you from now on.
        lern_too_spel 9y ago
        > Yes, I am interested in responding to what you actually said. Then it's a wonder how you failed so spectacularly at it. What I actually said consists of multiple sentences that must be taken together, and even the portion you extracted contains the word "recommend," which is a word you don't seem to understand.
nunez 9y ago
thurrott in my opinion because he wasn't afraid to bash on Microsoft SUPER hard after Windows 8 dropped.

lern_too_spel 9y ago

Definitely Gruber. I've seen Thurrot recommend products from more than one company. Gruber, never. If Apple has a product in the space, only the Apple product is worth buying, no matter how objectively bad it is.

mcphage 9y ago
> I've seen Thurrot recommend products from more than one company. Gruber, never. That's also definitely not true. He's been a big supporter of Amazon's Echo line, he's mentioned a number of Android phones he likes—hell, on his front page right now he links glowingly to an article about how much better Google Maps is than Apple Maps.
- lern_too_spel 9y ago
  > He's been a big supporter of Amazon's Echo line Apple doesn't have a competing product. Please read the rest of the GP post. > he's mentioned a number of Android phones he likes Yet he prefers the Apple phones to all of them. Again, read the remainder of the GP post. > on his front page right now he links glowingly to an article about how much better Google Maps is than Apple Maps. Yet he himself still prefers Apple Maps. Again, read the remainder of the GP post. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/09/30/apple-maps-google-maps https://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/09/30/apple-maps-goog... Extracting the part of the GP post that matters: "If Apple has a product in the space, only the Apple product is worth buying, no matter how objectively bad it is."
  - mcphage 9y ago
    You seem to have missed the part of your own post—the one you're commenting on a reply to—where you stated "I've seen Thurrot recommend products from more than one company. Gruber, never."
    - lern_too_spel 9y ago
      You seem to be more interested in pedantry than in understanding the point of the post, which you've conceded. To be extra pedantic, none of your examples show Gruber recommending a non-Apple product at all. At most, Gruber concludes that they have some useful features. When he writes about the Echo, he writes about how Apple will do it better. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/12/26/wynn-echo https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/12/26/wynn-echo https://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/11/06/amazon-echo https://daringfireball.net/linked/2014/11/06/amazon-echo And peak MacGruber: https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/04/27/amazon-echo-look https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/04/27/amazon-echo-loo...
      - mcphage 9y ago
        > You seem to be more interested in pedantry than in understanding the point of the post, which you've conceded. Yes, I am interested in responding to what you actually said. Sorry if you can't handle that. I'm going to ignore you from now on.
        lern_too_spel 9y ago
        > Yes, I am interested in responding to what you actually said. Then it's a wonder how you failed so spectacularly at it. What I actually said consists of multiple sentences that must be taken together, and even the portion you extracted contains the word "recommend," which is a word you don't seem to understand.

nunez 9y ago

thurrott in my opinion because he wasn't afraid to bash on Microsoft SUPER hard after Windows 8 dropped.