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That's fair, it may be a provided phone. But then that puts him in a similar situation as any site that has a review for the phone now. You know his relationshi

That's fair, it may be a provided phone. But then that puts him in a similar situation as any site that has a review for the phone now. You know his relationship with the phone itself and Apple. Consider his review with that perspective - but I still think it's a valid review.

extesy 7y ago
And now if he doesn't write a glorious review then he won't be ever contacted by Apple again in the future. Really hard to trust objectivity of his review in these circumstances.
- scarface74 7y ago
  The review by John Gruber of the Touch Bar based MacBook was critical of the feel of the keyboard - this was before the actual reliability problems came up. He along with everyone else was critical of the first Apple Watch. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/05/03/patel-apple-watch-slow https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/05/03/patel-apple-wat... Seeing that he still not only gets review units every year, he gets the prime live interview every year after WWDC with top Apple executives, I don’t think he has been blacklisted. Not to mention that Marco Arment is often critical of Apple and got a review unit of the Mac Mini last year.
  - lern_too_spel 7y ago
    Those two bloggers will only criticize Apple products in comparison to other Apple products. They will never say a competitor's product is better even if most other reviewers say so.
    - scarface74 7y ago
      John Gruber on Pixel’s Night Site Camera https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/10/25/night-sight https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/10/25/night-sight Gruber has stated repeatedly how much of an embarrassment that the MacBook keyboards have become but he famously still uses an old ADB Apple keyboard so he doesn’t have as much first hand experience as Marco who buys computers more frequently. They have both complained about Macs falling behind compared to what Microsoft is doing with the Surface line. Marco routinely criticizes the Apple Watch and compares it to the non smart watches he prefers. Gruber also prefers regular watches.
llampx 7y ago
It is a completely ridiculous breathless review of a phone that matches a Pixel or Huawei from 1-2 years ago.

extesy 7y ago

And now if he doesn't write a glorious review then he won't be ever contacted by Apple again in the future. Really hard to trust objectivity of his review in these circumstances.

scarface74 7y ago
The review by John Gruber of the Touch Bar based MacBook was critical of the feel of the keyboard - this was before the actual reliability problems came up. He along with everyone else was critical of the first Apple Watch. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/05/03/patel-apple-watch-slow https://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/05/03/patel-apple-wat... Seeing that he still not only gets review units every year, he gets the prime live interview every year after WWDC with top Apple executives, I don’t think he has been blacklisted. Not to mention that Marco Arment is often critical of Apple and got a review unit of the Mac Mini last year.
- lern_too_spel 7y ago
  Those two bloggers will only criticize Apple products in comparison to other Apple products. They will never say a competitor's product is better even if most other reviewers say so.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    John Gruber on Pixel’s Night Site Camera https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/10/25/night-sight https://daringfireball.net/linked/2018/10/25/night-sight Gruber has stated repeatedly how much of an embarrassment that the MacBook keyboards have become but he famously still uses an old ADB Apple keyboard so he doesn’t have as much first hand experience as Marco who buys computers more frequently. They have both complained about Macs falling behind compared to what Microsoft is doing with the Surface line. Marco routinely criticizes the Apple Watch and compares it to the non smart watches he prefers. Gruber also prefers regular watches.

llampx 7y ago

It is a completely ridiculous breathless review of a phone that matches a Pixel or Huawei from 1-2 years ago.