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I get a kick out of the fact that pundits like Arment and Gruber will flip their lids any time Apple is faulted but they'll willfully call out other companies w
by runjake 14y ago
I get a kick out of the fact that pundits like Arment and Gruber will flip their lids any time Apple is faulted but they'll willfully call out other companies without solid evidence. But it makes sense, given Apple punditry is their source of income, I guess.
Not that I see anything wrong with this post. It's progress towards finding the cause. But it gave me a chuckle.
- rsynnott 14y agoArment was quite quick to call out Apple over the broken app signing problem a month or so ago, even when other people were wondering was it router-induced corruption. He's also been complaining about the sandboxed-app-only requirement for the Mac app store for ages.
- angryasian 14y agoI imagine this is more due to the fact that it effects his product and income
- twoodfin 14y agoTo be fair, I'm pretty sure Apple punditry is not Marco's primary source of income. He doesn't do the podcast for free, but surely his Tumblr equity and Instapaper sales would suit him just fine if he decided to stop being a pundit. Gruber, not so much.
- runjake 14y agoIt may not be his primary source, but it's quite significant. He gets $1,500 a week just from his weekly sponsored links alone [1]. It doesn't look like he's hurting for business. That's roughly what? $78,000 a year? This doesn't factor in his income from The Deck, the Build & Analyze podcast, or Instapaper, of course. He clearly has a vested interest in the Apple eco-system and by proxy, the success of Apple and making them look good. 1. http://www.marco.org/sponsorship http://www.marco.org/sponsorship
- shinratdr 14y ago> He clearly has a vested interest in the Apple eco-system and by proxy, the success of Apple and making them look good. Except he was doing it long before anyone knew who he was and was willing to sponsor him for it. It's not like he suddenly became an Apple shill because he saw money in it, he was already an Apple fan and judged their decisions in that light even before his posts made the rounds on places like HN.
- epo 14y ago"but they'll willfully call out other companies without solid evidence" Citation required of both wilful intent and of calling out without solid evidence, from both Arment and Gruber.
- revscat 14y ago> I get a kick out of the fact that pundits like Arment and Gruber will flip their lids any time Apple is faulted but they'll willfully call out other companies without solid evidence. I haven't witnessed the behavior you described. Examples?