John Walker is leaving RPS in 2 weeks, although he also had
harsh words to say about Epic's approach in the past, so it's hard to tell where he ends up any given day of the week. Dominic is only a freelance writer, not a RPS full-time staffer and he's been one of the most outspoken supporters of Epic's approach (both in his articles and comments on Twitter).
Alice's previous coverage of the subject was fairly different too; she appeared to be somewhat dismissive of the concerns about exclusivity deals and she even labeled the spyware talk as a "conspiracy theory", while now she's clearing pointing flaws in PR speak. Alec Meer - who is also leaving RPS this month - had a very fair and reasonable approach about the subject when he discussed it in
this piece. It should be said Graham Smith is the current RPS editor in chief and afaik he gives his writers complete freedom to write what they want and express their personal opinions on any given topic.
So no, this is not a RPS-wide editorial stance change because that's not how they work; it's an individual stance change, which is what I was talking about and something to be appreciated. The press works much better when it's a collection of individual voices with unique POVs, rather than when you have publications operating in echo chambers, following strict editorial guidelines about what they publish and acting as megaphones for corporations to spread PR statements.
