Font Hipsters

I am trying to figure out how it went from decent looking typeface that kind of steals from Helvetica (<a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/18/robotica" rel="nofollow">http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/18/robotica</a>) to a Helvetica ripoff (<a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/19/roboto-v-helvetica" rel="nofollow">http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/19/roboto-v-helveti...</a>) to a ripoff of four different fonts (<a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/19/roboto-typographica" rel="nofollow">http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/10/19/roboto-typograph...</a>) [1] to an "ungainly, homely, unharmonious" system font that makes Daring Fireball look bad on Android (original article). I know Gruber claims he wants Android to have an attractive font, but it certainly doesn't feel like he does.<p>1: Once you are apparently incorporating four difference fonts as influences, aren't we in the realm of originality?

Can someone please explain daring fireball to me? Every single post appears to be about how great Apple is. That can't seriously be the blog, can it? Why would people read this?

I find the Roboto font looks great.<p><a href="http://androidspin.com/2011/10/19/miui-theme-itching-for-the-roboto-font-for-miui/" rel="nofollow">http://androidspin.com/2011/10/19/miui-theme-itching-for-the...</a><p>Does Gruber have an urge to pick on everything Android does to make himself feel better about iOS? I think Android 4.0 brought a lot more improvements than iOS 5 did, but I guess he just has to find something to pick on.