Eddie Cue has been a detrimentally bad fit for all his endeavors at Apple that I've been following. Example one: His revamp of the iPhone music player interface a couple years ago made the simple task of playing music harder by shrinking the play head circle to nearly non-existent in size and many similar changes. Every part of iPhone software that I read about that he has been in charge has either languished or suffered from his changes. How about Apple Maps? If I need to be able to read street names off the phone I'll opt for Google maps instead because of how Apple maps keeps the names hidden for clarity making it very frustrating to find our where you are in Apple maps. Simple to fix, but never updated. Yes, Eddie Cue is and has been a horrible fit for all things Apple.
Apple Music player UI change ... that was Ive in iOS7.
Proof of your claim about "every software he's been in charge of has languished"?
If you come with Siri ... sorry there was other infighting before he was granted it and it was DUMB on Cook's part to grant Siri to a Media lead not the software lead.
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If I need to be able to read street names off the phone I'll opt for Google maps instead because of how Apple maps keeps the names hidden for clarity making it very frustrating to find our where you are in Apple maps.
I figure if you're driving the travel and route of the road is most important at a glance, while Siri or Maps will announce the road as it comes up. This is the same way Maps has worked for decades ... long before smartphones and even used in Rally Car when you have a 'navigator' telling you the condition of the road, traffic, direction you're going, which turn (on/off ramp), lights, merging, accidents etc ... the street is announced shortly before you need to make a turn. ??
As a pedestrian yeah I can understand what you mean ... but while driving, I have to get to point A ... if point B is before point C and the street name is useful if I know the area sure. If I don't ... I could care less until I need it. But that's just me.
You claim Apple Maps issue you're facing is a "simple fix" if it was you'd have fixed it. Obviously it's not a simple fix as a change will affect everyone.
BTW, under Cue ... services revenue has thrived. Apple's WebStore has continually evolved and looking top notch, purchasing and shipment information updated timely ... music, TV, Movies content has NEVER been the issue at iTunes/Apple ... displaying the content in iTunes yeah needs major overhaul.
You're putting a LOT of blame and frustration to the one guy that's got a LOT RIGHT at Apple over a VERY long time and has delivered on his expertise ... and has been handed a BUM role of leading Siri ... a jackass move by Cook because Cook rid Apple of Forstall (whom yeah Siri had issues as well).
Siri's issue was Apple's original vision to be 'The Navigator' yet needed the right direction to get it there. Forstall's leadership got it there. But 'The Navigator' was a very old concept and didn't have real world vision for the future. After Jobs died after it was delivered all the BS infighting vs actually WORKING as an entire TEAM was the REAL issue.
Trust me ... just cause they hired John Giannandrea as AI lead for Siri ... it's going to take a LONG time for Siri to get modern. I don't see any improvements before December 2018 and nothing really Awe-inspiring until late 2019. There is a TEAM of engineers to lead and a LOT to replace and minds to change and get the job done.
You're placing 1 person as the fault for things you don't like without any research to really backup your claim. See I've done mine with Siri but everyone is going to point to Cue as the issue for Siri. Yet the truth is VERY different.
I blame media (macrumors, the verge, 9to5Mac, etc for not updating their one off posts when leadership changes about previous process and background).
Cue has some serious fashion no-no's (Bright Blue & Pink shirts at WWDC, trust me you'll miss them when he's gone), and did he's own impersonation of Balmer's monkey dance lol ... but at least he's not making DUMB ass claims like "Cant' Innovate Anymore my Ass" which sounds cool and gets fans to side with him in rebellion to a quote the company's co-founder stated when Apple really was lacking in innovative products. Yet 5yrs after firing off the tip of his tongue, Phil Schiller is STILL eating those words on the Mac Pro!! No Innovation!
Would I buy the Mac Pro 2013 ... hell yes because I love the design and idea and it's more than powerful enough for my needs ... and it reminds me of the Cube which I see one in grey market for sale

but it was naive innovation by Apple. Cue hasn't stated idiocy publicly like that. Cue rose to the top based on his SKILLS not his dumb new fan popularity and riding coat tales off greatness before him like I see Federighi doing. The benefits to macOS seems to pale in comparison to major underpinning updates made by former OSX leads.
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"...the two companies clashed so much about decisions over how Beats Music would transition into Apple Music, "there were almost literally fistfights over design aspects, features, aesthetics," one person said. "They all hated each other."
HaHaHa! Isn't this the way most corporate mergers/acquisitions become?
Sounds VERY like what Jobs did to Apple when creating the Macintosh team. Pirates yarrr!
And look at Beats now ... an undeniable global brand and the very FIRST decent headphone product youth today get ... whether or not their Apple product brand users ... they mostly end up being so soon enough. Beats was not just about the music product/services ... it was for the brand and negotiation expertise in the music and as we're seeing now the TV streaming industry with new shows from Apple!
Why is this still so obvious yet so hard to understand by so many forum members and yet Beats so hated still? You better believe AirPods and the upcoming high-end audio headset product by Apple was learned from the Beats team expertise.