There’s been a bit of a rucus these past few days over a certain Samantha Bielefeld and one Marco Arment. While it seemed innocent enough at first, it quickly turned ugly, especially on Twitter. I’ve been meaning to put my thoughts down on the subject for a number of days now, but Matt Gemmell wrote one of the best pieces that I’ve read on the subject, titled Responsibility:

You need to catch up first. Five days ago as I write this, Samantha posted The Elephant in the Room, which you should quickly go and read. It’s about Marco Arment’s Pragmatic app pricing piece from the day before, which talks about his move to a voluntary patronage model for his podcasting app, Overcast. You should form your own interpretation and summary of each piece, and not take my word for either. Go. I’ll wait.

Matt’s summary is perhaps one of the best ever written — please take the time to read his whole piece.

My problem with the whole issue is that I read and like all of the parties involved. I like the Grubers, the Arments, Merlin Mann, and the whole team at Relay FM. But I cannot condone their replies and jokes on the subject.

I’m just so disappointed right now.