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Re: Another Day Has Come

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Post by alexjplant »

ubercore wrote: post #10
dsign wrote: post #5

I was thinking about the upcoming regulation about replaceable batteries in the EU, and couldn't help but think that if I were Apple's CEO this would be a great time to make an orderly exit. Make no mistake, I'm not a fan of i-Devices' non-replaceable batteries, but I can't remember a single device with a lid for batteries on the back that was aesthetically in the same league as an iPhone.

Didn't the Apple Faithful say the same for usb-c?

Lightning is a superior physical design to USB-C (can't speak to the electrical part). Much like every major tech battle in history, however [1], the worse solution won because of ubiquity. I'm not particularly thrilled because I've had a USB-C connector irretrievably break off in a port once on a laptop but I'll make that trade for being able to use a single cable for all of my devices.

- Not an "Apple Faithful"

[1] VHS vs Beta, Doom vs Marathon, Zergling vs human, etc

Re: Another Day Has Come

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Post by keybored »

ragazzina wrote: post #22
keybored wrote: post #12

I don’t know what I would be need to be paid (via ad income or whatever means) to be a life and times of Big Tech X chronicler.

Lick a butt that you like and you will not need to work a day in your life.

Very true. :)

But I’m afraid the initial phase of tolerated negativity is over for this thread. Now we ought to nurture some corporate positivity.

I’ve recently expanded my meditation routine to sending gratitude and love to investors. I call it Mutual Profit Meditation. I visualize myself in a state of lovingly implementing whatever I’m currently doing at work (currently this is internal surveillance software, but that’s just arbitrary). I visualize myself in a Flow State, implementing tickets with ease and grace; meanwhile my manager is also thriving with whatever he is doing (currently managing implementing internal surveillance software, but this is arbitrary—could be anything); and I imagine investors in a Flow State golfing while their personal assistant says their stocks just went up.

A better world is possible. You could also not have to work a single day in your life.

Re: Another Day Has Come

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Post by throwanem »

mistersquid wrote: post #40
someguyiguess wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Apple hasn't addressed the mass market in nearly two decades What a wild take. I guess that explains the massive and growing popularity of iOS over that same time period.

> What a wild take. I guess that explains the massive and growing popularity of iOS over that same time period. Wild take, indeed. I seem to recall something about Apple releasing a sub-$600 laptop so popular that weeks after it was announced it's backordered for more than 30 days. Something something MacBook Neue or other…

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Re: Another Day Has Come

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Post by tguedes »

ubercore wrote: post #10
dsign wrote: post #5

I was thinking about the upcoming regulation about replaceable batteries in the EU, and couldn't help but think that if I were Apple's CEO this would be a great time to make an orderly exit. Make no mistake, I'm not a fan of i-Devices' non-replaceable batteries, but I can't remember a single device with a lid for batteries on the back that was aesthetically in the same league as an iPhone.

Didn't the Apple Faithful say the same for usb-c?

I'm not sure how they are related. USB-C was not really a technical challenge or had trade-offs. I'm not a hardware engineer but from what I've read, having an easily replaceable battery would degrade the water resistance of the phone.

Re: Another Day Has Come

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Post by colesantiago »

dreamcompiler wrote: post #47
baxuz wrote: post #29

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Regardless of whether you agree with his opinions, Gruber invented Markdown. The world would be a very different place today without it.

> Regardless of whether you agree with his opinions, Gruber invented Markdown. The world would be a very different place today without it.

So?

And also...with substantial contributions from Aaron Swartz.

Not solely Gruber.

Gruber is only known for his Daring Fireball blog amongst everyone important, only techies care about his Markdown 'invention'.

Markdown is just a side project for him.

Re: Another Day Has Come

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Post by rob »

dreamcompiler wrote: post #47
baxuz wrote: post #29

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Regardless of whether you agree with his opinions, Gruber invented Markdown. The world would be a very different place today without it.

I have to give props for him for keeping basically a simple blog with the same layout and still consistently pulling in over $40,000/month in weekly sponsorships after 20+ years.

No drama, never in the spotlight much nowadays, just posting on his blog and raking in insane money.

Re: Another Day Has Come

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Post by simonw »

colesantiago wrote: post #37
simonw wrote: post #4

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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.

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…

> 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?

Re: Another Day Has Come

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Post by _d3p9 »

simonw wrote: post #44
_d3p9 wrote: post #20

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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?

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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