Episode

434: ‘Knee-Jerk Contrarian’, With Dan Frommer

Podcast: The Talk Show With John Gruber
Published: Nov 18, 2025
Duration seconds: 6842
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Summary

Special guest Dan Frommer returns to the show. Topics include the indie media business, the iPhone Pocket, the iPhone Air (including rumors about the second generation model), AI “personalities”, and five years of Apple Silicon Macs. Also, six years of Dan’s site, The New Consumer.