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The MacRumors Show: Arnold Kim Discusses History of MacRumors and More

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MacRumors founder Arnold Kim joins us on this week's episode of The MacRumors Show to discuss some of the history of the website and the world of Apple news and rumors.

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Arnold started MacRumors as a hobby while studying for his final year of medical school in 2000. It has since grown to become the most popular Apple news and rumor site on the internet, sporting round-the-clock news coverage, helpful tutorials and a buyer's guide, a discussion forum with over 1.1 million members, and much more.

Arnold tells us about the website's beginning, his feelings about giving up his medical career to focus on Apple news, and growing MacRumors over the years. He weighs up some of the biggest challenges and satisfying wins in the site's history.

We talk through some of the other interesting domains and websites Arnold has owned, the future of Apple news, introductions to the website, and the MacRumors forums. We also discuss some of the original iPhone and iPhone 4 leaks and rumors, and whether Apple's headset will succeed in replicating an "iPhone moment" when it debuts at WWDC as rumors suggest.

Listen to The MacRumors Show in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Castro, Google Podcasts, or your preferred podcasts app. You can also copy our RSS feed directly into your podcast player. Watch a video version of the show on the MacRumors YouTube channel.


If you haven't already listened to the previous episode of The MacRumors Show, catch up for our discussion with Ben Sullins about all of the latest rumors and expectations around the Apple Car.

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t0rqx
41 months ago
Reason I like MR cause it has the most Apple Fanboys members who dare to criticise Apple products, services and quality. Instead of loving, defending and fanboy-ing everything Apple does.
Score: 16 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
41 months ago
Thank you for inviting @arn. This one is probably one of the best podcasts you guys have done together. Well informative!

MacRumors have come a long way. Love MacRumors. Proud to be here. 🙌🏻
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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antiprotest
41 months ago

Reason I like MR cause it has the most Apple Fanboys members who dare to criticise Apple products, services and quality. Instead of loving, defending and fanboy-ing everything Apple does.
There are still many people on here that defend Apple no matter what, even when it comes to bugs, defects, security issues, and outright customer-hostile behaviors on the retail floor.

But fortunately, there are also people here that are fair and clear-headed, favoring Apple because they like the company and the products in general, but refusing to put up with nonsense.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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triton100
41 months ago

Reason I like MR cause it has the most Apple Fanboys members who dare to criticise Apple products, services and quality. Instead of loving, defending and fanboy-ing everything Apple does.
Ha whenever I critique apple I’m accused of being an Apple hater. Whenever I praise apple I’m accused of being a fanboy. Humans are ridiculous.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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HorstBockman
41 months ago
Go to archive.org and you can pull up versions of macrumors.com from 1999 and later, including before Kim obtained the domain.
Edit: if you find archive.org useful, please chip in a few bucks to help it thrive.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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akb
41 months ago

Reason I like MR cause it has the most Apple Fanboys members who dare to criticise Apple products, services and quality. Instead of loving, defending and fanboy-ing everything Apple does.
It hasn’t always been so.

In the early days of my time visiting this site, the computing space was utterly Microsoft-dominated. It wasn’t entirely clear Apple would survive, despite the success of the iPod.

As a result of that wider environment, this place was fiercely, militantly pro-Apple.

I can understand it - I was a Mac zealot amongst my family and friends back then, chiefly because I was desperate for the Macintosh platform not to be extinguished.

But the high degree of sycophancy did make discussion difficult and somewhat uninteresting.

It’s much better now. As you say, Apple’s pros and cons are objectively debated in a world where they are a tech colossus in no danger of going out of business.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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