The MacRumors Show: John Gruber Talks Apple Intelligence and the Future of the Company

[J.Dillinger]

Says who? Gruber attacks Bloomberg because it reported that Chinese secretly had put chips on Apple servers and could monitor that activity. Nobody knows where Bloomberg reported factually or not other than the Chinese and Apple if they bothered to find the chips on their servers anyways. I wouldn’t put it past Tim to allow the Chinese to monitor it all.

While Bloomberg was the source of that article and Gurman is employed by the same, that is the not reason. The two are unrelated. My impression is Gurman gets the inside dirt and sometimes has a good scoop but usually, his take is off the mark. Gruber has solid takes. The problem I have with Gruber, aside from his ego, is he’s an Apple patsy who for years assailed Siri as better than any competitor. It’s was and always has been terrible but he would never risk going against Apple in public. Only as of late has he been critical of Apple “Intelligence” but only because he read the tea leaves from other journalists (and because Gurman dropped a heck of scoop).

 

[ThailandToo]

While Bloomberg was the source of that article and Gurman is employed by the same, that is the not reason. The two are unrelated. My impression is Gurman gets the inside dirt and sometimes has a good scoop but usually, his take is off the mark. Gruber has solid takes. The problem I have with Gruber, aside from his ego, is he’s an Apple patsy who for years assailed Siri as better than any competitor. It’s was and always has been terrible but he would never risk going against Apple in public. Only as of late has he been critical of Apple “Intelligence” but only because he read the tea leaves from other journalists (and because Gurman dropped a heck of scoop).

My problem with Gruber is he was great at tech, but his whole blog has become a political rally. One thing I can respect is he just doesn’t care how much it costs him to alienate so much of his audience with his political beliefs. But on the other hand, I can’t stand it as I don’t go to him for political opinions; I liked his blog for tech info. He definitely is a sellout to Apple. Anytime Apple needs him to change the narrative he will. At first with Apple Intelligence he was on Apple’s side but I believe he got a lot of blowback so he went on a campaign to prove he’s not. However, anyone who makes their money having access to Apple isn’t going to say anything Apple doesn’t like or hasn’t approved - or isn’t willing to accept not being invited anymore to Apple events. I mean the guy bragged about Apple sending him a MacBook Air but didn’t write a review just linked to another review that said it sums it up.

Sometimes he has great ideas and reviews, but Gurman has actual inside source from supply chain all the way to marketing. And Gurman can’t be bought and never makes people read his rhetoric about non-tech information.