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The stock price is around all time high and the company's general trajectory has plateaued, so lots of the veterans are cashing out and retiring or moving on to other projects.

They won the game, there's nothing left for apple to conquer (aside from healthcare or cars, but tesla already iphone-d that market). It's the biggest company on earth now and the next phase of its existence is gonna be a slow bleeding out as governments keep stabbing at it with regulations and fines for money.
If what you’re saying is true, the best thing for Apple would be government breakup like AT&T in the 80s
 
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