Post #4461948
2026-08-09 06:49 UTC
Noted Apple blowhard John Gruber makes a mistake, is naturally a performative dick about apologizing for it
daringfireball.net/…/retraction_app_store_rejecti…
(nothing to do with AI or crypto, I just think Gruber is a dick. And the subject of the story - an app developer who apparently felt so secure in his indie rep he could do some light fraud for clicks - is a recognizable figure)
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@gerikson@awful.systems 2026-08-09 13:42
it gets better. Godier (the guy who misled Gruber) admits to using genAI to create a website that just to happened to almost exactly duplicate an existing website: blog.terrygodier.com/…/mea-culpa-dark-hours.html no mention of the submission of an astrology app to the App store and getting rejected