It's that he never really had any authority. He didn't do the work, had it all handed to him and has built a fake reputation, with a dash of arrogance.
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Is Mark Gurman a con artist?
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Con Artist is a strong word. Good for him, he had sources earlier to gain street cred. Now, he id just an analyst making informed guesses. Nothing wrong about it, if Apple are willing to pay.
Clearly, it isn't understood that the job of an analyst in the financial marketplace is to observe, and comment, so that investors have at least something other than guesswork to work on when deciding where to put their money.
Gurman is doing exactly what his employer wants him for. For them, whatever the OP here thinks, he's a 'value added' asset that helps make them money.
the guy is a clueless hack who has convinced people he knows what he's talking about. When his track record is dire, I remember him saying '' the iPad mini pro won't be coming in wwdc ! '' then it came. the guys a hack.
I really respect the fact that you made a detailed post on what all Mark got wrong, really lends perspective
CON artist as in constantly contradictory himself as an artist ? then SURE!!!!
did he steals people money ? No, just click baiting people into reading his fake news.
did he steals people money ? No, just click baiting people into reading his fake news.
Yes from Bloomberg who pays him a salary to be an “expert” but he just writes fiction
He's a symptom of modern media and journalism:
1. Bet the first to say something sensational to attract clicks.
2. Make money from side channel advertising and attention.
3. If it's wrong, say nothing and pretend nothing happened.
4. If it's right, promote how right it is to reinforce the brand/name.
5. Goto 1
Some of the larger news agencies (AP, BBC I am looking at you) manage to do this on slightly more important issues than what Apple is going to release next, which is a far bigger problem, especially when they end up down a rather large hole about certain issues and attract the attention of regulators. That's usually the end game for this.
1. Bet the first to say something sensational to attract clicks.
2. Make money from side channel advertising and attention.
3. If it's wrong, say nothing and pretend nothing happened.
4. If it's right, promote how right it is to reinforce the brand/name.
5. Goto 1
Some of the larger news agencies (AP, BBC I am looking at you) manage to do this on slightly more important issues than what Apple is going to release next, which is a far bigger problem, especially when they end up down a rather large hole about certain issues and attract the attention of regulators. That's usually the end game for this.
He doesn't. The agency make it from advertising, paywalls and syndication fees. And pay him his cut and commission for directing traffic at them.
Bloomberg writes a lot of fiction. Remember that fictional story they wrote about how some Chinese spies were putting microchips in computer servers used by Amazon and Apple?
it would NOT surprised me if someone like Tim Cook or another C suite is the leaker, just to draw the hype up.
How do you make stuff up like knowing the specs, resolution, and entire design aesthetic of Vision Pro? And that's a full 18 months before anybody in the public got their hands on the actual product.
He is the go-to person.
There never was a Mac Pro "Extreme," and it was pretty obvious the Vision Pro would feature an M2 or a similar chip. He also failed to mention the separate R1 chip. Contrary to his claim, the new Apple TV actually came with an A15 chip, not an A14. The rest of his tweet is just generic speculation anyone could make. About 90% of what he says is basically "there's a new iPhone coming this year." None of his insights are groundbreaking. He's wrong in his guesses 99% of the time, and most of what he gets right is already common knowledge.
Apple canned the M2 Ultra chip.
How was it "obvious" Vision Pro would use M2 with 16GB? Why not M2 Pro? Everybody thought it would use M3. Heck, you had people argue it would be silently updated to M3 even after said M2 at WWDC.
He was just guessing. It’s simple as that. He’s confidently incorrect all the time.
And no, Apple didn’t can the M2 Ultra chip. It’s in the Mac Studio and the Mac Pro.
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Why didn't anybody here or anywhere on the Internet "guess" M2/16GB?
I don't know anybody who "guessed" these Vision Pro features 6 months in advance either.
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How do you guess Sony and not Samsung or LG or BOE?
Digital Crown and not capacitive button?
AR Pass Through mode - that's never been done before
Two hour battery life and not 1.5 or 3 hours?
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