[TestSIM1]

> Not much, but I used to read him quite a bit back 20 years ago.

John Gruber started writing in August 2002.

And back then it was mostly about Movable Type Script, OS X Finder issues, some jackasses who wrote how Apple is surely doomed.

I mean if you care about Apple products then AW Series 7 review looks like a good read.

Otherwise I just don't see what you found interesting about his blog 20 years ago.

[coldtea]

>John Gruber started writing in August 2002.

Yes, so it wasn't 20 years ago, it was 19 or 18. So? As good as 20. In any case, I've read him during the 10.1, 10.2 and such eras and up to around 2012 (a few years after the iPad) or so less frequently.

>Otherwise I just don't see what you found interesting about his blog 20 years ago.

Coverage of Apple in more exciting times (when it was basically a computer company), more humour, better reviews, more relevant links, less baseball and Kubrick BS, less politics for dummies, less "facebook is bad" for dummies, less open shill and more genuine enthusiast coverage, and so on.

[TestSIM1]

> Coverage of Apple in more exciting times (when it was basically a computer company)

I also miss times when Apple was all about Mac. Not much you can do about that. But back then lots of people complained that Apple is turning into iPod company. It's just Gruber didn't write much about iPod (initially at least).

And considering M1 chips I can't say this isn't exciting times for the Mac. Imagine if Apple used Snapdragon chips (or whatever) and the latest Macs were similar in terms of performance to Surface Pro X... (and SP X couldn't even emulate x64 apps at launch).

> more humour, better reviews, more relevant links, less baseball and Kubrick BS, less politics for dummies, less "facebook is bad" for dummies, less open shill and more genuine enthusiast coverage, and so on.

OK, will not argue about baseball, politics or Facebook.

But I do remember lots of blog entries about how MS Windows is bad (viruses and inept marketing) and Mac is about being a better (and more secure) computer e.g. I wouldn't call that less open shill. Gruber was always (well, most of the time) on Apple's side.

Recently I re-read his PowerBook G4 review (Full Metal Jacket) and comparing to his other reviews regarding modern Intel and M1 Macs can't say I see a huge difference.

I assume we are just happen to disagree here.