Wait, I’ve been folding my MacBook Pros for as long as I can remember. Maybe I should get a patent for my idea. /s

From an editorial standpoint, why does AI write headlines like this?

Something that seems preposterous, regurgitated from an unassociated pundit, as fact?

Maybe instead of:

Mac Studio may never get updated, because new Mac Pro is coming

This would be better?

Mac Studio may never get updated, because new Mac Pro is coming, says Gurman

randominternetperson said:

No commentary on the iridescent colors?  I'd like to see other angles so I can understand what I'm seeing, but my initial reaction is positive.

Also, I'm sure Under Armor appreciates having their brand associated with bed bugs.

Looks like dichroic glass? If so, that might be the largest dichroic glass structure in existence....much bigger than https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/rem-koolhaasdesigned-escalator-unveiled-for-saks-fifth-avenue-redesign

I guess Chevrolet should allow me to put my BMW iDrive in my Chevy? 

I'm a regular reader of John Gruber, and I generally enjoy his perspective. That said, he's making an overly ostentatious effort to prove that he has the objectivity so many anti-Apple people feel he lacks. In that sense, he's protecting his own brand. To his credit, he does eat his own Claim Chowder, but he prides — perhaps even measures — himself in how little of it he has to eat. His brand - and I appreciate it - is essentially to show how the people who thoughtlessly hate on this-fascinating-company-called-Apple ultimately don't know what they are talking about. That's noble, because to truly understand Apple is to learn things about what a business can ultimately be.

But the problem is this: when your brand is highly dependent upon another brand, it puts your business model at risk.

So I think his hypercritical piece is, at its essence, scooping up a big serving (withdrawal?) of banked-up respect he's earned from Apple to maximize the chance that he is the Walt Mossberg of this particular chapter (that is, the one Apple should take a lead from) and, ultimately, to save his own brand. That's what makes his post all so ultimately weird. Like, in what universe does someone have to get so mad at one's self in public over something that is completely out of your control?

The worst part is, I don't think Gruber has to do any of this (he "doth protest too much"). Most average Apple users don't give a rat's **** about these features. It's only the tech cognoscenti who truly care—which does include people like you and me who are reading these pages. But you know how we know most people don't think this is a big deal? Just take a look at the below, which is utterly predictable, yet now empirically proven:

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2025/02/25/workers-experience-with-ai-chatbots-in-their-jobs/

Ultimately, I do hope Apple reads Gruber's piece and takes it to heart. Frankly, the piece, in true Gruber fashion, is carefully crafted so that he will be able to look like a winner either way. But if he's a winner about Apple going down the tubes, I fear for him that he will face a lot of anxiety about the relevance of his future work. Let's hope he has enough saved up for retirement, although I don't want to see that happen.

Oh, and beyond my previous reply, I personally project/believe that Apple did have a number of these features worked up, but that they did not have a clear strategy about how this work aligned with its privacy strategy. And frankly, privacy is Apples #1 strategy that it can't screw up, ever. I think that is the real story, personally. I have some faith that Apple will address this, and it will take every ounce of R&D that only they have the ability to fund. But it will take time and superb (new) leadership for the initiative.