M.G. Siegler, with a perfect URL slug (/apple-you-cowards/) on Apple declining to participate in John Gruber’s The Talk Show Live for the first time in ten years:
Can Apple really be that thin-skinned? Again, yes. While similar “bans” were never as explicit as the one around the Gizmodo one (which was undoubtedly dictated from Steve Jobs himself), anyone who has covered Apple knows there have always been less explicit bans – never really talked about, and more simply chalked up to the “sin of omission”, that is, simply choosing not to play ball with anyone too critical of the company.
I bought a ticket for the first time because (a) will be nice to see some friends and (b) this one promises to be interesting, assuming John books some spicy guests. And he absolutely should.