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I want Gruber to, just once, say something bad about Apple without immediately giving 10 reasons why the poor move was actually brilliant. He's a good writer, b

by Slimy 16y ago

I want Gruber to, just once, say something bad about Apple without immediately giving 10 reasons why the poor move was actually brilliant. He's a good writer, but I mean, come on.

smackfu 16y ago
He doesn't even mention the camera quality, which are getting panned in other reviews.
- Anechoic 16y ago
  He does in an earlier post: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/03/08/ipad-2-camera http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/03/08/ipad-2-camera
ugh 16y ago
Could you quote where in the review he is doing that? His review sound very, very similar to all the other reviews out there.
ubernostrum 16y ago
Look up his articles on App Store policies. He's been a pretty vocal critic.
- mike463 16y ago
  He seemed to be an apologist for the new app store policies on selling outside the store. http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/dirty_percent http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/dirty_percent To me it seems like apple is implementing not only a tax on all apps that run on the device, which has been there from the start and is ok. As a customer I like the fact that the apps are centralized and under quality and security control. But the new move seems to be a tax on ALL MEDIA played on or loaded on the device. I don't want apple to control the data I load on my device, and this is what they're doing.
  - isleyaardvark 16y ago
    That is only one controversial App Store issue in which Gruber has sided with Apple. Even then he did have some criticism of it: "I concur that worst aspect of these new subscription policies is that something that used to be allowed now is not. It has a bait-and-switch feel to it." http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/03/03/marco-disagreement http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/03/03/marco-disagreeme... ubernostrum should not have been downvoted. Gruber has consistently been highly critical about other App Store policies: http://daringfireball.net/2008/09/app_store_exclusion http://daringfireball.net/2008/09/app_store_exclusion http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/16/scratch http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/16/scratch http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/16/app-store-reject.. http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/16/app-store-reject.... http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/09/29/isinglepayer http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/09/29/isinglepayer The only thing more consistent than Gruber's support of Apple is the ad hominem attacks inevitably made against him.

by Slimy 16y ago

I want Gruber to, just once, say something bad about Apple without immediately giving 10 reasons why the poor move was actually brilliant. He's a good writer, but I mean, come on.

smackfu 16y ago

He doesn't even mention the camera quality, which are getting panned in other reviews.

Anechoic 16y ago
He does in an earlier post: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/03/08/ipad-2-camera http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/03/08/ipad-2-camera

ugh 16y ago

Could you quote where in the review he is doing that? His review sound very, very similar to all the other reviews out there.

ubernostrum 16y ago

Look up his articles on App Store policies. He's been a pretty vocal critic.

mike463 16y ago
He seemed to be an apologist for the new app store policies on selling outside the store. http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/dirty_percent http://daringfireball.net/2011/03/dirty_percent To me it seems like apple is implementing not only a tax on all apps that run on the device, which has been there from the start and is ok. As a customer I like the fact that the apps are centralized and under quality and security control. But the new move seems to be a tax on ALL MEDIA played on or loaded on the device. I don't want apple to control the data I load on my device, and this is what they're doing.
- isleyaardvark 16y ago
  That is only one controversial App Store issue in which Gruber has sided with Apple. Even then he did have some criticism of it: "I concur that worst aspect of these new subscription policies is that something that used to be allowed now is not. It has a bait-and-switch feel to it." http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/03/03/marco-disagreement http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/03/03/marco-disagreeme... ubernostrum should not have been downvoted. Gruber has consistently been highly critical about other App Store policies: http://daringfireball.net/2008/09/app_store_exclusion http://daringfireball.net/2008/09/app_store_exclusion http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/16/scratch http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/16/scratch http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/16/app-store-reject.. http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/04/16/app-store-reject.... http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/09/29/isinglepayer http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/09/29/isinglepayer The only thing more consistent than Gruber's support of Apple is the ad hominem attacks inevitably made against him.