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• AdamJacobMuller 6y ago
  John Gruber just rubs me so completely the wrong way now. I'm not really sure why but he seems incredibly petty and nit-picky in the past several years and I actively avoid reading things he's writing. It's a stark change from someone whom I used to read religiously and strongly considered his every word, especially on Apple-related topics. In part of this[1] he's nit-picking RMS for choosing to spend time laying out his personal preferences in a rider for speeches, and, none of them are really outlandish beyond what you expect for a privacy-focused free-speech-free-software person. I don't chose to live my life as RMS does, but, I won't begrudge him his choices. The worst thing he could pick on is "I don't want breakfast, please don't ask." He just comes across to me as petty and sanctimonious, in this, and in general recently. I'm not sure which one of us has changed. Also some of his choices are quite humble and heartening and make me like RMS quite a bit more. "I don't like hotels, I would prefer to stay in someone's home, even if I'm sleeping on a couch, so I can socialize with them." He seems like a nice enough guy. [1] https://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/26/rms https://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/26/rms