The Verge's "integrity" has now been questioned by both Marco and Gruber[0], both of whom appeared On The Verge[1,2]. In both cases, they demonstrated a veneer of level-headedness for the sake of their own "integrity", but it was obvious from the subtext what their real feelings on the matters discussed were.
I wouldn't take either of their opinions seriously. The Verge is the best tech website out there period, and there's no reason to believe that its journalists are biased. They are doing some amazing reporting and really trying to revolutionize online journalism.
And fuck Instapaper - Marco was such a douchebag about Android support. Use Pocket[3], they have beautiful apps for all platforms and don't inject their personal opinions and biases into their software. You can export your articles from Instapaper and import them into Pocket, so there's no excuse for not switching.
There is a very important distinction with regards to integrity, though. Marco imputes an incentive to appease manufacturers to keep review copies coming; Gruber speculates that they don't want to rile up the eternal "other side" of the Apple vs. the World debate.
The former is an attack on their journalistic integrity, Gruber's much less so - although still an attack, nevertheless.
Gruber knows to temper his rhetoric, being a guy with journalistic sentibilities himself. Marco is just a guy with a blog.
That's true. After all, Gruber is (at least in name) a journalist. Marco's blog is just a place for him to express the opinions/emotions he wears on his sleeve. The only reason anyone pays attention to him is because of the popularity of Instapaper.
I wouldn't take either of their opinions seriously. The Verge is the best tech website out there period, and there's no reason to believe that its journalists are biased. They are doing some amazing reporting and really trying to revolutionize online journalism.
And fuck Instapaper - Marco was such a douchebag about Android support. Use Pocket[3], they have beautiful apps for all platforms and don't inject their personal opinions and biases into their software. You can export your articles from Instapaper and import them into Pocket, so there's no excuse for not switching.
0: http://joshuatopolsky.com/post/31285353423/integrity-and-bul...
1: http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/12/2630911/on-the-verge-epis...
2: http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/21/3033481/on-the-verge-episo...
3: http://getpocket.com/