"Journalism??" At Apple...at WWDC...with two top level execs??
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He's nothing more than a pr mouthpiece for Apple. Him, Rene Richie & Jim Dalrymple have never shown any criticism or serious critique of Apple.
If you'll forgive the analogy, they're nothing more than apple-polishing yes-men.
..and he's the Marketing guy....MARKETING!!
Interesting you mentioned Dalrymple -- I've noticed that since he's retired, he's actually had a few things to say on Twitter that one might characterize as finally "objective" if not possibly even "slightly critical"
Check his recent tweets about Apple Music
(can't post direct screenshots here - he had some profanity, apologies)
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I agree, everything is getting more efficient and consumes less power. You wouldn’t want to still carry around an old brick cell phone if a small flat iPhone works just as well. I’m sure the improvements will be massive these next few years, gaming would catch on with the SOC design.
He does a reasonable job, but yes he is a bit ponderous and slow an interviewer and doesn't keep things ticking along at pace. Gruber is in his element, so he becomes a bit too conversational because he is relaxed talking about his favourite topic, but interviewers should not be having a better time than the audience and should be sweating it to set the pace and use the time wisely. We learnt some things from Craig, and his perspective is always interesting, but it should be like 80% Craig, 20% Gruber, whereas it was dangerously close to 80% Gruber. Good effort though and could be far better with only a few tweaks.
"...taped live..." TAPED?!?!
A very high quality tape.
A HD tape.
Just like this one in 1990
I prefer interviews that are more ‘on the whim’ impromptu then they are scripted . This was a scripted interview in all likeliness, [meaning that Craig knew the questions ahead of time of what he would be answering] and you can tell by his responses that appear more rehearsed.
That said, I don’t have a problem with Gruber, but I do agree that he is a ‘better’ author, than he is an ‘interviewer’.
I’ve never watched this guy before. Wow. It’s the worst interview I’ve ever seen. He lacks any presenting ability; no focus, he stares at the camera and can’t even get his questions out.
This is the only good thing Gruber does. His site has become a dumping ground for his political diatribes. Guy is a total ******. It was fun to watch him freak out in real time on his blog with the iPhone X came out and the little YouTubers got review units before him.
Really people?
Use your brains.
He was a media person who was invited by Apple to an event and given the opportunity to have an interview with two of their top-level executives.
The *last* thing he would want to do in this situation is purposely make the people he was *allowed* to talk to look bad.
That's a good way to never be invited again, get blacklisted from all future Apple press related events or briefings, never get access to another top level Apple employee again, and have their legal team right on your back.
To say that if *you* were in his situation, you would grill them about their legal trouble and customer issues over the year is nothing but pure ignorance.
You would be kicked out of the event so fast, with all of your WWDC related video/written content most likely confiscated, and you certainly would never ever be able to release it.
Let's be realistic here, the interview wasn't the best, but there were a couple interesting tidbits.
If you were expecting anything more, you clearly don't know Apple.
"Recorded live" makes the most sense to me (it's storage media agnostic).
There is indeed magnetic tape which stores audio and video digitally. However, I suspect it wasn't used to record this show!
I like Gruber. I'm the only one so it's crazy how he's been able to support himself all this time just doing his blog and podcast.
Also, this isn't an interview. It's an episode of his podcast, so if you don't like those you're not going to like this. It's meant to be a friendly conversation. If you've heard any, that's what you get - relaxed and basically having a good time chatting tech. Which means some wasted time.
So no, he's not going to put Craig or Joz on the spot. It's not journalism. And there's NO WAY these two Apple execs would agree to sit there and be grilled for 90 minutes about any and everything. Instead we get this. I enjoy it a lot for what it is.
Also, this isn't an interview. It's an episode of his podcast, so if you don't like those you're not going to like this. It's meant to be a friendly conversation. If you've heard any, that's what you get - relaxed and basically having a good time chatting tech. Which means some wasted time.
So no, he's not going to put Craig or Joz on the spot. It's not journalism. And there's NO WAY these two Apple execs would agree to sit there and be grilled for 90 minutes about any and everything. Instead we get this. I enjoy it a lot for what it is.
I am not a fan of Gruber but the reaction of Craig and Joz about CarPlay and Apple Car was priceless
But yeah, he focused on small and unsignificant topics overall, but Apple execs would never sit with him in the first place if he asked tough questions, as much as I’d love too
But yeah, he focused on small and unsignificant topics overall, but Apple execs would never sit with him in the first place if he asked tough questions, as much as I’d love too
That wasn't much of a show. It was mostly John Gruber babbling on about things already spoken of.
Oh - then why were you including him on your list of Apple "PR mouthpieces"?
Gruber or Rene (your other examples) are never that outspoken vs Apple - particularly the tone and swearing
Did not know that Apple had removed the videos demoing trackpad gesture. Anyway happy that it will be retained in the final version.
People still say ”hang up the phone” don't they?"...taped live..." TAPED?!?!
"...taped live..." TAPED?!?!
You must really dislike flagship stores.
There's no sea, no ship and usually no flags either.
Every time I'm invited to a Christian wedding I'm asking the priest if Judas Iscariot could have gotten more than 30 pieces of silver if he was a member of a union.
Because that's the right venue to ask such questions.
So, here in 2022, with an almost infinite amount of journalism and coverage of Apple, most of you trash-talk a guy who’s simply happy for tech? It’s a weird reaction, there’s plenty of critical journalism about Apple you can dive into instead.
Gruber calls himself a raconteur - someone who tells anecdotes. He was even presented as such in this show! He’s doing exactly what he’s been doing for years. You don’t like that? That’s fine, watch and listen to someone or something else. I watch and listen to Gruber because I find him entertaining.
And also, he often gets it right, when he denounces some of the more fantastic story in the tech world. Maybe that’s because he’s not depending on some crazy story to generate traffic on his web page.
Gruber calls himself a raconteur - someone who tells anecdotes. He was even presented as such in this show! He’s doing exactly what he’s been doing for years. You don’t like that? That’s fine, watch and listen to someone or something else. I watch and listen to Gruber because I find him entertaining.
And also, he often gets it right, when he denounces some of the more fantastic story in the tech world. Maybe that’s because he’s not depending on some crazy story to generate traffic on his web page.
And he just as often is totally wrong or simply very biased towards Apple's PR positioning.
Like I said about the navel gazing...
Glad you enjoy it, but many of us who've been around since before the beginning just got tired of it.
To each our own for sure