Jason Snell

Got one of the most unhinged emails I've ever received from a dumb person who thinks that because I feel the iWork apps are a bad fit for the "Creator Studio" that I believe writing isn't creative. Yes, indeed, as a professional writer for more than three decades, that must be what I meant. He really got me with that one.

Anyway, people will contort their brains into lots of bad shapes to defend Apple from criticism of its terrible decisions.

Mar 2 at 12:01amWeb
Show threadJason SnellMar 2
'Ironically you got a master's degree in journalism,' said the master of irony (after visiting my Wikipedia page to find out who I am so that he could use a fact about my life against me)
Show threadStephen HackettMar 2
@jsnell in 2006, the MDJ Power 25, a poll of Mac-industry-watchers, named you the 6th most powerful/influential person in the world of Macintosh computing
Show threadbbechMar 2
@ismh86 @jsnell a pre-cursor to the apple report card?
Show threadJason SnellMar 2
@ismh86 you really put me in my place!
Show threadTodd VaziriMar 2
@jsnell you gotta admit it’s pretty ironic
Show threadGreg KnaussMar 2
@jsnell Is _that_ what you were doing?
Show threaddonkeyMar 2
@jsnell Oy. I appreciate you, good sir. I mean, you like NZ stuff, how could I not! 😉
Show threadDan MorenMar 2
@jsnell
Show threadMattMar 2
@jsnell “Oh I can definitely use this against him!”
Show threadErnest de LeónMar 2
@jsnell It’s amazing how far people will contort their mind to fit a mold that they’ve never questioned. I see it every day.
Show threadAndrew BurwellMar 2
@jsnell On the other hand, I 100% agreed with what you had to say on @gruber 's podcast. It feels gross, and like a money grab, and iWork should at least be part of the core macOS experience without all that.
Show threadPatrick O'SullivanMar 2

@jsnell 🤦🏼‍♂️ One small reply I made about this whole thing engendered more replies than I expected. Can’t imagine what you deal with.

Simply put: remember how cool it was when a much smaller, leaner, less rich Apple decided to just give all these tools away because you decided to buy a Mac?

Yea, now think about how odd it is for a much more successful corporation to reverse that pattern. It’s just so weird, even if, strictly speaking, they haven’t “taken away” anything.

Show threadJason SnellMar 2
@osullivan I find it funny that his objection was not that the freemium conversion is a mistake but that if you use Pages you are also a creative professional who should... I guess pay $120/month for clip art and templates someone else built?
Show threadVictorMar 2

@jsnell we all know it makes zero sense to make it all part of the same bundle,. As you remarked recently, it’s likely Apple being unwilling to make changes to its own App Store that there isn’t a separate cheaper bundle just for the iWork suite.

Did this unhinged email also rave about how much they love the new icons too? Lol.

Show threadfan boy 🪭Mar 2
@jsnell
Block all the 🧌s
Show threadDimitri BouniolMar 2
@jsnell Reminds me of this excellent meme re: Nintendo 🤣
Show threadAlex SørlieMar 2
@jsnell I am sorry you have to deal with that, but someone getting this upset about an opinion on iWork, is hilarious
Show threadMatchaMakesMar 2
@jsnell Id prefer they go in another direction of Making Pages FREE entirely, then go to advanced features in an iWork suite $10 per month. not really the point of your post here, but i think your arguments have been really solid on this
Show threadTaraMar 3
@jsnell I agree with you, fwiw, and I’m neither a professional writer or someone who uses any of the other apps. They really are catering to a different type of creator with what was the iWork suite vs the iLife suite and only one bundle option doesn’t make sense.