I think he's missing the point. This isn't a commercial fail for Apple, its a public relations fail. Two years ago, I knew maybe 2 people who didn't want an ip

I think he's missing the point. This isn't a commercial fail for Apple, its a public relations fail. Two years ago, I knew maybe 2 people who didn't want an iphone. I now, personally, know perhaps 4 people who want one. You think that isn't a fall from grace in the public opinion? It is. It's a colossal blunder for Apple, and "once stood the undisputed leader of the smartphone arena, but ceded its crown to Samsung in 2012." seems a fair (harsh, yes, but under the circumstances, I think pretty fair) comment. I'm not arguing with the points in the article; they seem quite reasonable (unusually so, for Gruber), but there's more to this story than 'how commercially successful is Apple'.