@gruber.foo Appreciated your post this evening re Apple’s revenue. The Trump absurdity is oddly giving cover to Cook. Who, with his weight of responsibility for a public company and employees know how to navigate this course… yet, it doesn’t excuse his failure to Jobs and Apple’s core principles.

@btoporek.bsky.social You missed the point on the Rich Paul Austin Reeves issue entirely. Few people think the idea of potentially trading Austin Reaves is crazy, it’s in media all the time. The agent of the most significant player on the team suggesting it publicly is what’s crazy & inappropriate.

@gruber.foo To that end, thank you. I think your “rotten” article was a significant catalyst in the long overdue correction. Climate of today has made the role of journalism & the importance forgotten by too many. You used your voice and respect earned to improve something impacting my life daily.

@gruber.foo Apple’s OS “retreat” is best thing they’ve done in software in a long time. It’s a “finally”. The core functionality & usability for needs of the vast majority of users feel prioritized over new bullet point features that sound cool. So many simmering frustrations (tvOS too) addressed.

@gruber.foo Just this morning I used the restroom, then immediately went to correct my 12 year old son on his recent toilet paper replacement, telling him that’s not the kind of man he wants to be in life. Now I read your Gurman post. 🤣🤣🤣

@gruber.foo Cheers to you for calling Apple out. Everything they do is hyper criticized by users. It’s nonstop fraud this, they intentionally make stuff break to sell, etc. So it was easy to overlook this. This time they did do something fraudulent to sell a product and I’m genuinely shocked.

@gruber.foo Switch 2 drops 7 LONG years after the first. Essentially a refined, larger, more powerful Switch. People are giddy, lavishing it with praise. OTH, Apple drops new iPhone models yearly with significant upgrades & innovations throughout, and then ripped for little improvement or change.

RIP Rickey Henderson. You were hands down my favorite player as a kid in the 80s, and the embodiment of everything MLB is trying to get back with the recent rule changes. You were right, you were indeed the greatest, and would hit leadoff in any best of all time lineup I can imagine. Thank you!

@gruber.foo Glad to know I’m not alone with S2 of “Silo”! Loved the first, but this one has been a slog. I seemed to be in the minority though, and it’s been much better received by critics as well. Go figure.

In these times of extreme polarization, it’s comforting to find that there are still a few things society agrees on. For instance, it remains incomprehensible to have traded Mookie Betts.

@gruber.foo Not sure how this applies to the DOJ, but the issue with Chrome isn’t ties to search, but its monopoly of SaaS which was intended, in part, to end specific OS dependence. Today SaaS companies won’t offer support if you aren’t using Chrome. They code to it alone, not browser standards.

@gruber.foo We’ll see how Netflix holds up for Paul vs George Foreman.

@gruber.foo FWIW regarding your post on Netflix issues with the Paul umm “fight”… I skipped the card, joining shortly before the main event. It was flawless for me. Reading reports, it seems like the issues were early, but were resolved prior to the massive audience. If so, that’s encouraging.

The Matt Gaetz pick for AG has MAGA swooning. He’s what it’s all about. Just get in there and fuck shit up. At least they are honest while others pro Trump, like WSJ and establishment Republicans, feign shock. Welcome to the gun show. Rogan will get what he actually coveted; endless content.

Been great Sony exclusives this gen, so you mean exclusive to the PS5 only, not PlayStation? If the game had a PS4 version it’s not an exclusive?

If so, not a fair comp to PS4 era. The architectures were so vastly different between 3 & 4 devs couldn’t do a 3 version. It’s now fairly trivial.