I’ve watched every Apple Event since the iMac G5 announcement in 2004. After last year’s BS announcements, I’ve decided I’m not going to bother with them anymore. I’m finally getting off the hype train.
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Apple Executives Won't Be Appearing at This Year's WWDC Episode of The Talk Show Live
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They are too busy saving the company. Open AI is going to launch new revolutionary devices soon and it will be over for Apple if they don’t do anything. So there’s better things to do than just sit on a couch and talk.
No, impossible, everyone else has flawless software and only Apple's stuff has delays and issues. Also Steve never launched any buggy software that they had to rush to fix later, and he never had any high profile software delays either.
And if you're reading this and believe anything I typed, please admit you don't know what you're talking about and leave these things to people who actually know (or who were around then).
Maybe they could send in the New Siri instead to represent the executive team. 🤣
I used to love Apple. But little by little, over time, although I still use their products, I’ve really come to start to hate them on certain levels.There are areas where I defend them, most notably when the E.U. goes into overdrive when it comes to bureaucratic overreach, but on the whole, the utter greed of Tim Crook bleeds into everything.
This is really it. They have no confidence in their ability to fix issues, let alone admit failure. Why would Tim Cook change his management style? Things have only trended worse under his leadership for a while now
Literally at that antenna gate event people are referencing, Steve announced that the white iPhone four would be shipping later that summer.
It shipped in April 2011, 10 months after first promised and after two delays in about seven months of silence.
Gruber literally said the Apple Vision Pro was like wearing nothing at all and looking through his own eyes. They've managed to alienate THAT guy. And now they've fully retreated into the chocolate factory and locked the gates.
"Apple Executives Won't Be Appearing at This Year's WWDC Episode of The Talk Show Live"
And nothing of value was lost
Says a lot that Apple is afraid to be "interviewed" by their unofficial PR. Sad!
Another own goal. Instead of appearing calm, confident and receptive to some mild criticism (it’s just Gruber after all), they appear weak, scared and embarrassed.
If they’re scared of Gruber, they’re NEVER returning to live keynotes either. The threat of booing Cook off the stage is real.
If they’re scared of Gruber, they’re NEVER returning to live keynotes either. The threat of booing Cook off the stage is real.
As if he is the only one saying the obvious. Apple’s response, if the narrative is true, falls right in line with today’s US political climate.
This is a terrible look for Apple’s executives and proves them to be incredibly thin-skinned.
It was clear that Gruber understood that they’d never answer the questions people really wanted asked, so he didn’t bother asking, but there were often lots of interesting bits of info in these interviews.
Now it appears they can’t even handle being called out on their failure to deliver the features they promised.
It was clear that Gruber understood that they’d never answer the questions people really wanted asked, so he didn’t bother asking, but there were often lots of interesting bits of info in these interviews.
Now it appears they can’t even handle being called out on their failure to deliver the features they promised.
I suspect Daring Fireball’s John Gruber lost this access in 2024 when he published his I Wonder article. Read the last paragraph.
Yup, iJustine will get another interview with Tim Cook to talk about how great Apple Intelligence has been and how excited she is to try the delayed features.
Wow you’re right, that played a role too. That was so spot on, he writes beautifully some times.
I’m surprised Gruber has grown a pair lately. Goes to show the current state of Apple when even your biggest fanboy is turning against you.
They were pretty cringe and obsequious, so this is a good thing.
They can punish Gruber, but it’s a sign that they have no real credible response to give to things like the App Store lawsuit and the Apple intelligence fail.
Like many have said on this thread, I’ve found my admiration for Apple starting to wane over the last few years.
Firstly over the App Store greed and sense of entitlement. That they feel that should be able to skim money off the work of others as long as any Apple platform other than the Mac exists.
And then the debacle over Siri and Apple intelligence and the realisation that they are in deep trouble. In 2025 iOS’s competitor android has the hyper capable Gemini - which is only getting better month on month - and iOS has … Siri.
It made me realise that something is rotten at the core of Apple and has obviously been for a while, but it’s only now that we regular consumers are seeing it.
The reality distortion field has finally lost its power and all that is left from Apple is toxic positivity masking a money hungry corporation, no different to any other.
So I’ve gone from an evangelist to apple to shrugging my shoulders and seriously considering an android phone for my next device (yes it’s also made by a mega corp but hey at least I can side load.).
They can punish Gruber, but it’s a sign that they have no real credible response to give to things like the App Store lawsuit and the Apple intelligence fail.
Like many have said on this thread, I’ve found my admiration for Apple starting to wane over the last few years.
Firstly over the App Store greed and sense of entitlement. That they feel that should be able to skim money off the work of others as long as any Apple platform other than the Mac exists.
And then the debacle over Siri and Apple intelligence and the realisation that they are in deep trouble. In 2025 iOS’s competitor android has the hyper capable Gemini - which is only getting better month on month - and iOS has … Siri.
It made me realise that something is rotten at the core of Apple and has obviously been for a while, but it’s only now that we regular consumers are seeing it.
The reality distortion field has finally lost its power and all that is left from Apple is toxic positivity masking a money hungry corporation, no different to any other.
So I’ve gone from an evangelist to apple to shrugging my shoulders and seriously considering an android phone for my next device (yes it’s also made by a mega corp but hey at least I can side load.).
For the record, I do not condone personal attacks against Tim Cook or anyone else. Did Eric Slivka not know about this article?
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Can’t afford any bad press? Now you block someone that’s pretty LAME seriously.
There are bigger concerns around Apple than the Siri delay, which they've had a non-answer answer to for months already.
How is it not obnoxiously apparent to everyone that they simply don't want to be challenged live? They're getting their asses handed to them in court while repeatedly missing their own targets.
They'd look like fools to appear this year. There's no way Gruber would just pretend everything is great and not ask uncomfortable questions.
Especially with the law suits.
They'd look like fools to appear this year. There's no way Gruber would just pretend everything is great and not ask uncomfortable questions.
Especially with the law suits.
I actually don’t think it has anything to do with his article about something being rotten at Apple. I think it’s much more likely that it’s related to his blog becoming nothing more than political rants against the current administration - which we all know Tim has to bow to. It’s complex, but to me, his blog became nothing more than hate filled BS following media more than anything about tech. Made tech a backseat in the blog. Over half his posts are hate not tech.
Yeah apple is t letting any of their executives talk to the press with pending legal actions with epic and others.
No, the Epic lawsuits have been going on for years. Same with the EU stuff. The lawsuits are largely over - Apple effectively lost to Epic in the US and the EU just slapped Apple around the other day - and there isn't much to talk about on that front.