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The comment asks what’s the grift? How is he irrelevant? You ignore the questions and respond with ad hominem attacks. Obviously, you’ve got a beef with Grube
by jmull 6mo ago
The comment asks what’s the grift? How is he irrelevant?
You ignore the questions and respond with ad hominem attacks.
Obviously, you’ve got a beef with Gruber. That’s fine. But you’re acquitting yourself well here (and make us suspect that whatever happened between you and Gruber, you might have had a significant hand in it).
- _d3p9 6mo ago[flagged]
- simonw 6mo agoHow does he get paid by Apple? I thought he earned his living from $11,000/week blog sponsors and whatever he earns from the podcast. If Apple are paying him to cover them then yes, that's a grift. Is that happening? (I know they send him review hardware because he discloses that in his posts.)
- _d3p9 6mo agoAs I said, this is not something I will discuss publicly. But what I can say is that Apple wouldn't be the first tech company to pay for certain stories to be written, as I'm sure you're aware. There was a time when Apple needed John (along with his apparent "unbiased" takes). John's blog was critical for a period of time.
- replwoacause 6mo agoI found this exchange both entertaining and informative. Appreciate you sharing an insider's perspective (while also acknowledging I have no possible way to verify if any of this is even true).
- _d3p9 6mo agoHeh... thanks. I don't expect anyone to just believe this information verbatim; as you said, I'm just some rando on HN. But I did offer to discuss it privately with @simonw.