Less surprising is the fact that Gawker’s Tate, in response to Jobs’ polite, reasonable and clear-headed replies, quickly resorted to disrespectful dickhead mode (partly fueled, it seems, by one too many cocktails,” John Brownlee reports for Cult of Mac.
“The exchange begins with a simple question by Tate: how does Jobs think Bob Dylan would feel about Apple if he were still 20 today? ‘Would he think the iPad had the faintest thing to do with revolution? Revolutions are about feedom,'” Brownlee reports. “Jobs’ response is to say that the iPad is about freedom: freedom from spyware, freedom from poor performance and (lamely) ‘freedom from porn.’ Some traditional PC folks feel like their world is slipping away. It is,’ Jobs wrote.”
Brownlee reports, “From there, though, it just gets fairly ugly… It’s a frustrating read. In many ways, Tate had a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to pick the mind of the most important visionary in tech and engage him in a spirited, informative debate. Instead, he got drunk, started raving and blew it.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Another Irish Dude” for the heads up.]
Yep, Gawker/Gizmodo’s modus operandi is to act juvenile and retarded.
Red the email exchange. Ryan Tate is r-e-a-lly hung up on porn.
Dickhead mode : yep every man has that right next to their kill switch
He lost it.
Yeah, he is haha, he’s like, “but its cool, I’m married”
But um…what’s your point? You bang the same woman for 10 years, you’re gonna want some variety… You having a wife doesn’t make me think you don’t download porn, it convinces me that you do!
In other words, he’s freaked that SJ is trying to take away his porn.
Do we know for sure that he is acting?
@mike, God help you.
Bah – the true PC user isn’t afraid … They know the PC platform will remain dominant in the gaming industry for years yet, even if pron is moving towards Open Standards.
The downside of an eglatarian worldview: dumb chimps like Tate thinking they are in some way worthy of Jobs’ attention.
“(lamely) ‘freedom from porn.”
I’m pretty sure he meant freedom from having porn dumped on your screen without you requesting it. It’s not like the iPhone and iPad don’t have a browser.
Oh No! A PC guy not getting it- Shocking! A change for the better and they nose dive straight into the ground with shear ignorance!
Love it. The fog of war has secured a death grip on these guys!
Is everyone at Gawker a douchebag?
Short addendum: if pron is moving towards Open Standards, it’ll be that much easier to download on an iPhone/iPad.
Hung up on porn or not, drunk or not, as a so-called “journalist’, you think the guy can get his point across to a CEO of a major corporation without a profanity laced tirade! Alcohol aside, HIS lack of command of the English language just shows his ignorance! If this is his writings in private, it kinda makes me want to skip over any of his public offerings.
– C2
Drinking and writing tsk tsk tsk….
Jobs shouldn’t fight with lesser minds. It’s a waste of time.
Can’t believe that the Hippy myth that revolution is all about, or inevitably leads to freedom can still be expressed by anyone with two brain cells to rub together. Clearly Gawker fails that test and needs that alcohol to fuel his delusion.
I certainly don’t want to promote Gawker but, if you’re interested, you should read the whole email and the comments after it. Tate really blew it.
@BillH
Well, precisely.
well gawker is definitely spiking in the traffic now… talk about a PR stunt – they will create a loyal following from the anti-apple closed wall ecosystem type sheep…
“freedom from porn” is not lame if you have 4 kids like me.
If you want porn on your iPad, that’s cool. That’s what Safari is for.
Freedom to walk around all day without carrying a heavy power cord may fall under the Performance category, but it’s big enough for me to break it out into a category all by itself.
Gee, porn isn’t officially sanctioned by Apple?
OMFG, how will the calloused members of this puny fraternity EVER survive?
Gawker is pretty much cementing their place as major douchebags.
Opps. If you read Steve’s (the other one) original response, it looks like he did put battery life in a category by itself. Good riddings to Flash.
@o18837
If they can’t have their porn, they can always have their sheep.
wink wink nudge nudge know what I mean say no more
;P
With a little massaging, Gawker should just change the name to Wanker. Certainly for the sake of accuracy, if nothing else.