[eignerchris_]

Gruber lives in a distortion field where Apple is the driver for everything.

Did they reset the bar on smart phones? Absolutely. But Google, Microsoft, Kiipt, Skype, Rdio, Spotify, Flipboard, Harvest, and Facebook (just to name a few) are all flat (some of them since inception) because of the Retina display? Of course not.

Designers are running from skeuomorphic designs because they are becoming tired and cliche. THAT was caused by Apple.