He's a total bootlicker shill. His takes are often dishonest and ignorant. He's not officially an Apple employee but he's effectively "second party". His access to insiders is predicated on his subservience. He doesn't get an annual WWDC stage interview with Craig Federighi without bending the knee.
That said, I still read Daring Fireball every week. His takes may be super biased and wrong, but it's still useful to read things from that perspective.
People talking themselves into violently agreeing that yes, being able to run Game Boy emulators and Firefox on their iPhones is unequivocally bad is something to behold and shows how far in space and time the RDF really reaches.
That said, I still read Daring Fireball every week. His takes may be super biased and wrong, but it's still useful to read things from that perspective.