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M.G. Siegler
Personal blog · spyglass.orgstartupshardwareai
M.G. Siegler writes Spyglass, a personal blog at spyglass.org about startups, hardware and ai. Since 2024, 41 different Hacker News readers have linked it 73 times, most often “The ChatGPT "Super App" Sort of Super Sucks”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Insight from afar by M.G. Siegler
Most-linked posts?
- The ChatGPT "Super App" Sort of Super Sucks3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2026-07-10
- A Cynical Read on Anthropic's Book Settlement3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2025-09-07
- Aside from That, Mr. Cook, What Did You Think of the Movie?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-01-26
What Hacker News says?
- nl · 2026-06-09
Whether or not consumers wanted it, Apple failed to deliver. And that wasn't because they were listening or anything - they just couldn't deliver. Apple doesn't leak much but there has been coverage of this: https://spyglass.org/apple-ai-fail/ (April 2025) https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-fumbled-siris-... (paywalled) https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/06/07/one-fateful-meeti... (2 days ago)
Comment linking /apple-ai-fail/
on “The iPhone's Last Stand” Submitted Apple to EU, Drop Dead as a story · 83 points
HN discussionSubmitted Intel Inside, Gelsinger Outside as a story · 34 points
HN discussionSubmitted Give Me Back My Sunsets! The time Instagram wrongly banned me as a story · 19 points
HN discussion- u8 · 2025-04-13
Submitted An iPhone, Swiped as a story · 11 points
HN discussion Submitted Aside from That, Mr. Cook, What Did You Think of the Movie? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted No Fun: The Growing List of 'AI PC' Problems as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted The ChatGPT "Super App" Sort of Super Sucks as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Aside from That, Mr. Cook, What Did You Think of the Movie? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted We're Seemingly Still in the "Throw Money at It" AI Era as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple Admits the Obvious as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google is starting to bridge OpenAI's product moat with Gemini's "dynamic view" as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hey, There's a Bubble as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Cynical Read on Anthropic's Book Settlement as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Cynical Read on Anthropic's Book Settlement as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Google, Apple, and Mozilla Win in the Antitrust Case Google Lost as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted OpenAI Moves Fast and Breaks ChatGPT as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Windsurf Gambit: OpenAI Acquisition Turns into Google 'Hackqusition' as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hey Siri, Time for That Lobotomy as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Problem is Safari for iPad (2024) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Netflix Is TV Now as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Liquid Glasslighting as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Takeaways from Jony Ive's Stripe Sessions Chat as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Dumbfounding Dropping of the 'Google Domains' Ball as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Microsoft Outsources OpenAI's Ambitions to SoftBank as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Venture Capital's "Crisis" as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted An AI Call to Arms as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted OpenAI Reasons 'o1' is a Better Name than 'Strawberry' as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted macOS on the iPad: A Compromise as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Chilling of TikTok as a story · 3 points
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