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Is there a link to substantiate that claim that doesn't put the information behind a paywall?

by gress 13y ago

dragontamer 13y ago
Not one that I know of. Charlie isn't the typical blogger though, and I prefer his paywall style over the ad-based models that other sites have done. When Charlie wrote a few honest (but blasting) reports on various companies a while back... the ad-companies held his revenue hostage. They didn't like him writing the way he did. As such, he stopped doing ad-hosted content and was forced into the paywall model. Now to be fair, Charlie is a bit rambunctious and exaggerates some claims, but his fact-gathering tends to be months or years ahead of others (Do a double-take at the date of this article: http://semiaccurate.com/2012/03/02/sony-playstation-4-will-be-an-x86-cpu-with-an-amd-gpu/ http://semiaccurate.com/2012/03/02/sony-playstation-4-will-b.... I personally can verify the date on that article, as I read the article when it came out and didn't believe it.) . His writing style is abrasive though, and ad companies didn't want much to do with him. He gets things wrong sometimes, because he's really trying to predict the future. But since he gets things right more than 50% of the time, I'm pretty confident in his claims. Overall, he does good work. It is unlikely that other sites will have his information for another few months at least.
- gress 13y ago
  There are a whole bunch of other sites linking to this piece calling it a rumour, and that there is little detail beyond the paywall and no corroborating evidence since then. I think it's false.
  - dragontamer 13y ago
    Fair enough. As I've said before, Semiaccurate is only "mostly" correct. Charlie has been wrong before, mostly because he pushes (likely) hypotheticals. I have however, read the contents behind the paywall, and Charlie is quite specific. He has the company name, some vague details on the deal, and the location of the facility. He is stretching the hypothetical a bit to say that "Apple bought a fabrication lab". That may have gone to far... but those details are discussed in the paywalled article.
- donavanm 13y ago
  He also wrote for The Inquirer, and before that The Register, and before that ... some other print trade mag I can't recall. This goes back to the early 2000s when those papers actually broke stories and not press release. IIRC Semiaccurate is "his" project after leaving The Inquirer a couple years back. And yes, a lot of what Charlie Demerjian reports is rumors with a little corroboration. But that's why he scoops other sources by months.

Is there a link to substantiate that claim that doesn't put the information behind a paywall?

by gress 13y ago

Is there a link to substantiate that claim that doesn't put the information behind a paywall?

Not one that I know of. Charlie isn't the typical blogger though, and I prefer his paywall style over the ad-based models that other sites have done. When Charlie wrote a few honest (but blasting) reports on various companies a while back... the ad-companies held his revenue hostage. They didn't like him writing the way he did. As such, he stopped doing ad-hosted content and was forced into the paywall model. Now to be fair, Charlie is a bit rambunctious and exaggerates some claims, but his fact-gathering tends to be months or years ahead of others (Do a double-take at the date of this article: http://semiaccurate.com/2012/03/02/sony-playstation-4-will-be-an-x86-cpu-with-an-amd-gpu/ http://semiaccurate.com/2012/03/02/sony-playstation-4-will-b.... I personally can verify the date on that article, as I read the article when it came out and didn't believe it.) . His writing style is abrasive though, and ad companies didn't want much to do with him. He gets things wrong sometimes, because he's really trying to predict the future. But since he gets things right more than 50% of the time, I'm pretty confident in his claims. Overall, he does good work. It is unlikely that other sites will have his information for another few months at least.

gress 13y ago
There are a whole bunch of other sites linking to this piece calling it a rumour, and that there is little detail beyond the paywall and no corroborating evidence since then. I think it's false.
- dragontamer 13y ago
  Fair enough. As I've said before, Semiaccurate is only "mostly" correct. Charlie has been wrong before, mostly because he pushes (likely) hypotheticals. I have however, read the contents behind the paywall, and Charlie is quite specific. He has the company name, some vague details on the deal, and the location of the facility. He is stretching the hypothetical a bit to say that "Apple bought a fabrication lab". That may have gone to far... but those details are discussed in the paywalled article.
donavanm 13y ago
He also wrote for The Inquirer, and before that The Register, and before that ... some other print trade mag I can't recall. This goes back to the early 2000s when those papers actually broke stories and not press release. IIRC Semiaccurate is "his" project after leaving The Inquirer a couple years back. And yes, a lot of what Charlie Demerjian reports is rumors with a little corroboration. But that's why he scoops other sources by months.