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I have huge respect for John Siracusa. His articles at Ars Technica, pragmatic opinions on the world of computing always spoke to me, but this article sounds like something written by John Gruber.

Apple indeed innovated in multiple ways and markets, but un-removable batteries wasn’t one.

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I also have massive respect for Siracusa and I find I have a few similar opinions that made it really enjoyable listening to him and reading his articles.

But over the years, as John has gotten older (and as the other members of ATP) I find that my values are starting to diverge. It feels much more of a news show than a tech show and I find I’m not gaining much insight from their discussions or opinions. Even their tech insights are starting to feel out of touch with the rest of the world.

Marco was always disconnected because he's well off and could do whatever he wanted (good for him). When Casey and John had jobs, they were able to keep Marco grounded and the trio really worked. Now that Casey and John both only really do the podcast now, they all are a bit disconnected. I'm happy for all them to make money doing what they love, but the show definitely changed once they all became essentially full time podcasters.

I didn't know John pivoted to full time podcasting. This actually explains, IMHO, the shift towards a more forgiving view of Apple's product directions.

Indeed, if I remember correctly, he quit about 12 months ago or so. It made me wonder what the earning of a high profile podcast can be! Also how much that can fall away when the advertising business drops (as they constantly like to remind me, multiple times on every show…).

It makes me confused that while they’re working on the show(s) full time, the quality is dropping? It’s less interesting somehow?

I did the math a couple of years ago, and it came out to roughly $100k per podcaster. This has obviously dropped off significantly the last year with ad sales in general tanking.

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