Comment by simonw

10 hours ago

What's the grift?

By "rebuke" do you mean the thing where they didn't send any of their execs to be a guest on his WWDC podcast episode, presumably in retribution for his "Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino" post?

I don't see how that makes him irrelevant - I think it strengthens his credibility as someone willing to hold Apple accountable when he disagrees with their direction.

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colesantiago  9 hours ago

Apple prefers tech influencers / YouTubers like Marques Brownlee and the like who actually resonate with audiences (and don't harp on about Trump every week) rather than irrelevant bloggers.

> I don't see how that makes him irrelevant - I think it strengthens his credibility as someone willing to hold Apple accountable when he disagrees with their direction.

???

Accountable to what? Do you actually think Apple cares now about a random blogger who makes a living critiquing them?

That is the grift and by the looks of it I would say he is irrelevant since Apple declined his invitation.

Gruber needs Apple more than Apple needs him.

  • simonw  9 hours ago

    > Do you actually think Apple cares now about a random blogger who makes a living critiquing them?

    Yes.

    I mean, they clearly care enough to pull their execs from his podcast supposedly in response to something he wrote.

    So is "the grift" the fact that he makes a living writing a blog? Who are the victims of this particular grift?

LatencyKills  9 hours ago

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  • simonw  9 hours ago

    Why should my opinion of how credible he is as a writer about Apple be affected by people who work at Apple not liking him?

    • LatencyKills  9 hours ago

      Because there are very specific reasons why people (who actually know his relationship to Apple) don't view him as credible. I don't know how else to communicate that point.

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  • jmull  9 hours 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).