Back when there was all the controversy about really stupid and occasionally offensive App Store rejections, Gruber took the rare approach of actually criticizing Apple on his blog. So Apple VP Phil Schiller personally responded to Gruber's latest post and Apple began making some sweeping changes to their review processes.
> In Hanselman’s case, though, he admits he was using PayPal,
> not a credit card. Perhaps it’s therefore safer to use a
> credit card instead of PayPal for iTunes Store payments?
I don't see how that makes a difference if your iTunes account is compromised. Or perhaps it's because your creditcard company is more likely than Paypal to alert you to suspicious activity?
To be more verbose than molecule: Gruber is an Apple-focused blogger who gained a lot of influence in the Apple world over time. A lot of people interested in the Apple "world" follow his blog. So, if he were to get this problem and blog about it, Apple would make sure it'd be fixed fast…
Fair enough. I don't have any evidence either way to be honest, I was mostly explaining why he was mentioned in the post.
Though, in any case, one thing you can be sure of is that when he blogs about something, it gets significant attention in the tech sphere. You wouldn't be able to link a fix directly to him afterwards, but I think it's fair to say that his blow-horn is loud enough to have some influence.
Where on Gruber's website is his relevance to the subject made clear?
EDIT: No, seriously. If someone has no idea who Gruber is and they click through to his site, tell me where on the screen they would see information that answers the implicit question "Who is Gruber and why would him finding out about this problem aid its resolution".
Awesome.