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Wow, I have seen Gruber's site linked for years on various sites, but never knew about the sponsorship. If that's not a paid and bribed shill, I don't know who
by JimmyMCN 15y ago
Wow, I have seen Gruber's site linked for years on various sites, but never knew about the sponsorship. If that's not a paid and bribed shill, I don't know who is.
- GHFigs 15y agoHaving ads on your site makes you a "paid and bribed shill"?
- JimmyMCN 15y agoJust imagine Gruber gets objective and starts sometimes criticizing Apple or doesn't spin things so much as he does for Apple. Or actually praise the other companies for good things they do. He will lose readership and growth of it. Apple will cut his access to Apple events which will make his articles further worthless. That's a huge monetary loss and strong incentive to keep spinning things and dissing competitors. hypocritically. Same with a a paid shill... stop toeing the party line and you stop getting paid...
- GHFigs 15y agoWhat about every other ad-supported site on the internet? How on earth are you concluding that having an audience makes you a "paid and bribed shill"?
- chc 15y agoIs this the first you've heard of journalism? The situation you're talking about here is hardly special to John Gruber. Even people who don't get paid are generally subject to similar forces. The only way to avoid it is just not to talk about anything.
- hboon 15y agoHave you read the link? Sponsors are mentioned twice in a given week, explicitly.