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wk_end ◴[] No.45020948[source]
I don't follow him closely, but I'd always thought that John Gruber - while often a very good writer - got a little too much exposure to the Reality Distortion Field. So I'm a little surprised to see him come down so hard on this.

Was I wrong about Gruber or is this a proverbial canary in the coal mine?

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stmpjmpr ◴[] No.45021029[source]
I follow him, and despite being an Apple commentator, he can be very critical of Apple. You might have missed this from earlier this year: https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/something_is_rotten_in_th...
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coolandsmartrr ◴[] No.45021942[source]
I feel that he became critical of Apple only post-Jobs.
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LoganDark ◴[] No.45022410[source]
Steve Jobs was a huge part of Apple. They're just not the same anymore.
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1. pjmlp ◴[] No.45024472[source]
Being a 70's child, thus having lived through most Apple consumer history, I would say it slowly feels like the Apple of old, when Steve Jobs was busy with NeXT and Pixar, the main difference is that now they have enough money to burn and make dumb decisions.