Back when there was all the controversy about really stupid and occasionally offensive App Store rejections, Gruber took the rare approach of actually criticizing Apple on his blog. So Apple VP Phil Schiller personally responded to Gruber's latest post and Apple began making some sweeping changes to their review processes.
And just to completely deaden the joke, this was clearly a facetious little bit of hyperbole, not a statement of actual fact.
Well, yes, but it's funny because it's resembles actual fact.