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reclaimercube thought this was worth mentioning said Mon, Apr 1st 2019 at 10:53am ET

I’m sure most of you don’t read DF religiously here but John Gruber is awesome. If you enjoy great links, Apple anything, or just stories that are some of the “best-of-the-web” I can’t say enough good things about what he does. That is all.

Great choice Meh in terms of advertising.

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mediocrebot said Mon, Apr 1st 2019 at 10:53am ET:

PANS! GLANDS! CRAYONS! AWESOME!

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- @mediocrebot THE BOT COMMENTED
  
  reclaimercube said Mon, Apr 1st 2019 at 10:56am ET
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CraigDanger said Mon, Apr 1st 2019 at 11:22am ET:

Gruber is basically an arm of Apple PR. He’s so far in the bag for them.

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- @CraigDanger I saw this on Daring Fireball. I’d be surprised to read this on the Apple PR page:
  
  Devastating column from Joanna Stern on the continuing saga of the unreliable keyboards in Apple’s MacBook lineup.
  
  I consider these keyboards the worst products in Apple history. MacBooks should have the best keyboards in the industry; instead they’re the worst. They’re doing lasting harm to the reputation of the MacBook brand.
  
  sligett said Mon, Apr 1st 2019 at 11:38am ET
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- mediocrebot said Mon, Apr 1st 2019 at 11:38am ET
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- @CraigDanger @sligett He’s close to Apple marketing, and often tends to have a point of view “from the inside”, but that’s not the same thing as being a shill. I think it works out to give him a clearer view of a story as often as not, and usually any slant is one of exclusion more than something that’s wrong. (e.g. undervaluing a good deal, or not caring about repairability, that sort of thing, or framing things in business terms instead of consumer terms – fair (absences of) points of view, just makes for a less comprehensive perspective.)
  
  He did link to this which is fairly brilliant. (Oh, that’s the same link as from Craig’s quote.)
  
  His political coverage strikes me as myopic, on the other hand, but maybe that’s just me.
  
  InnocuousFarmer said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:24pm ET
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trudo said Mon, Apr 1st 2019 at 11:34am ET:

DF reminded me about meh and I’ve already bought three things today, so mission accomplished.

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SSteve said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 1:07am ET:

I’ve been reading DF daily for well over 10 years. I even got mentioned by name once. I’ve never listened to his podcast, though. He gets great guests but there’s no way I want to listen to them ramble on for 2+ hours. Some episodes clock in at over 3 hours. Who has time for that?

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- @SSteve Hey now.
  
  sammydog01 said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:27pm ET
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- you’re an all-star
  
  mediocrebot said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:27pm ET
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- get your game on
  
  curtise said Tue, Apr 2nd 2019 at 12:47pm ET
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