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Report: Tim Cook to Step Down as Apple CEO 'as Soon as Next Year'
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I've been watching old videos of Steve Jobs presenting new products and while everyone wants the return of live events, there was something I noticed ab out Steve that I don't feel with Tim. Steve was very relatable to the common consumer. Instead of just advertising the product, he would relate the product to everyday life. For example, I watched a presentation when he was talking about the Ipod and pointing out how jean pockets have the main pocket, but also another pocket within and asks what that other pocket is for. Then he pulls out the ipod and he had my attention.
I think other than the live presentation, the thing I want Apple to return to is making presentations feel like you are hanging out at the bar and they are showing you something cool. That means having a CEO that knows how to make presentations and is approachable to the average consumer. Federighi is close, but sometimes I think he can be a little over the top, and his Hair has kind of turned into a Meme. That other guy (I forgot his name but his last name starts with a T and I think his first name is John) seems to have a little of that Steve Jobs flair.
I think Cook has done a decent job with Apple and the company has been extremely profitable since. Fresh minds and fresh ideas, though, are needed, especially in this new tech world. I sometimes wonder what kind of things Jobs would introduce if he was still alive because he brought up better ways to listen to music and the Iphone. Tech is always changing and growing and one can always innovate.
I think other than the live presentation, the thing I want Apple to return to is making presentations feel like you are hanging out at the bar and they are showing you something cool. That means having a CEO that knows how to make presentations and is approachable to the average consumer. Federighi is close, but sometimes I think he can be a little over the top, and his Hair has kind of turned into a Meme. That other guy (I forgot his name but his last name starts with a T and I think his first name is John) seems to have a little of that Steve Jobs flair.
I think Cook has done a decent job with Apple and the company has been extremely profitable since. Fresh minds and fresh ideas, though, are needed, especially in this new tech world. I sometimes wonder what kind of things Jobs would introduce if he was still alive because he brought up better ways to listen to music and the Iphone. Tech is always changing and growing and one can always innovate.
But you didn't state it was your opinion. If you had stated that as your opinion from the start, I never would have replied. Opinion is great. But you made factual statements and I asked about the source of those "facts."
To avoid confusion, just say something like "a MBP full of old ports that I would bet* aren’t used by most. A heavy iPhone that I think* must have a case because it’s made with soft aluminum."
That way you let us know that your post is but opinion, despite having added percentages and other phrases to make it sound like you have facts to back up your statements, and the results of the "thorough investigations" on port usage that you imagine.
Good to see you finally did so in the quote above, where you say that the results of such an imagined study are your belief.
*opinion phrases added
Jobs unique, he was a animal on stage. Look at Samsung or Google live events, Jobs was the show.
I just miss the innovation and technology of Jobe and Jony Ive. Too many years of "just the same" products.
Tis quite true... Jobs brought us the Intel Macs (as far back as Mac OS X Tiger!)... er, PC's that ran macOS. And Tim Cook brought us BACK to genuine Macs... hardware AND software! Not liking the iOS/macOS blending, but... "Apple will do what Apple will do." As long as the genuine Mac roadmap stays the course, a new face as CEO could be interesting.
Some Microsoft CEOs were less bad than others.
The platform was more tolerable under this guy than it is under Nadella now...
While I would agree, I think they also need a big shift in the software department.
One of the most overdue things to ever happen at the company - Tim Spindler has to retire.
Apple is preparing for Tim Cook to step down as CEO of the company "as soon as next year," according to the Financial Times.
The company's board of directors and senior executives "recently intensified preparations for Cook to hand over the reins," the report said.
While the report said that Apple is unlikely to name a new CEO before its next earnings report in late January, it went on to explain that an announcement early in the year would allow for a smooth leadership transition, ahead of Apple's annual developers conference WWDC in June and iPhone event in September.
No final decisions have been made, and the timing could change, the report said.
Cook has been Apple's CEO since August 2011. He turned 65 this year, which is a common age for retirement in the United States, but he has yet to publicly announce any plans to step down. Apple's Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, John Ternus, is widely viewed as Cook's most likely successor when the time comes.
Ternus joined Apple in 2001. At 50, he is one of Apple's younger senior executives, so he could potentially have a lengthy run as CEO.
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman pushed back on the report. "I don't get the sense anything is imminent as the [Financial Times] is claiming," he said, in a post today.
In any case, the report said Apple's succession plans are not related to the company's current performance. Apple reported record revenue in the September quarter, and the company expects the current December quarter to be the best quarter in the company's history. In addition, Apple's stock price is near its all-time high.
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The only exec with that bold “outside the envelope” vision today is Musk - no one else comes close.
Honestly, iOS needs to be rebuilt from zero. Too much of painted new versions. Some
Old people may not adapt ok, then limit to newer devices.
Old people may not adapt ok, then limit to newer devices.
The other day I was trying to offload my wife’s 20,000 iPhone photos onto her Mac - with Photos, the whole process stops randomly; with Image Capture, the same thing happens even when try to do it in batches - no clear way to see what has been saved, or if there are duplicates when re-importing for safety.
So she ends up with a bloated phone and a high risk of losing her photos even when we try to do the right thing. That’s how bad the core OS rot is; and Apple will never really fix it - because it simply wants you to buy iCloud+ or get poor with IAPs.
So she ends up with a bloated phone and a high risk of losing her photos even when we try to do the right thing. That’s how bad the core OS rot is; and Apple will never really fix it - because it simply wants you to buy iCloud+ or get poor with IAPs.
Photo management can be awful even with iCloud+. I've had family members who can't upgrade the OS because they don't have enough free space on their device, and the OS isn't smart enough to remove the local copies of photos that are backed up to iCloud, even though that's a feature Apple advertises.
So much for "it just works"
Sam Tucker joked that iOS is "macOS for babies." Although now that macOS is slowly morphing toward iOS ... it's just baby stuff all around.
The Apple CEO seat is cursed in the sense that the person in it will forever be compared to Jobs.
I agree with commenters that real innovation should return to the peak of Apple's priorities, but we are never getting Steve back.
I agree with commenters that real innovation should return to the peak of Apple's priorities, but we are never getting Steve back.
That's why Cook was much better as a CEO than Jobs in terms of Apple as a corporation (making profit) and Apple shareholders.
Profit is everything for a corporation and shareholders.