YouTuber Jon Prosser Responds to Apple's Lawsuit Over iOS 26 Leaks

[MacRumors]

Jon Prosser today responded to Apple's lawsuit over iOS 26 leaks, with the YouTuber placing much of the blame on his acquaintance Michael Ramacciotti.

As a refresher, Apple sued Prosser and Ramacciotti in July 2025 over alleged theft of the company's trade secrets. Apple alleged that the duo coordinated to break into former Apple software engineer Ethan Lipnik's development iPhone, in order to access and profit off details about "iOS 19," which ended up being called iOS 26.

Last year, Prosser leaked several details about "iOS 19" in videos shared on his YouTube channel Front Page Tech, several months before Apple announced the update at WWDC 2025. Later, an anonymous tipster informed Apple that the information was allegedly sourced from Lipnik's iPhone, which prompted the company to investigate.

Apple ultimately fired Lipnik and sued Prosser and Ramacciotti.

In a court document obtained by MacRumors, Prosser admitted to and denied many of Apple's claims, with some of the key ones summarized below:

• Prosser denied that he planned or participated in any conspiracy or coordinated scheme with Ramacciotti for the purpose of injuring Apple.
• Prosser admitted that he participated in a FaceTime video call with Ramacciotti, wherein Prosser was shown certain "iOS 19" features and apps running on the development iPhone.
• Prosser denied that any of the information he viewed contained trade secrets.
• Prosser denied knowing that the development iPhone belonged to Lipnik.
• Prosser denied that he is in possession of any further confidential Apple information.

Prosser placed much of the blame on Ramacciotti. In the response, Prosser's attorney said that Ramacciotti's act of displaying the iOS 19 features on the FaceTime call was not induced by Prosser and, as such, Ramacciotti is "completely responsible" for the disclosure of Apple's alleged trade secrets, if any.

Prosser's attorney said Ramacciotti is responsible for all harm caused to Prosser.

Unfortunately, the attorney made several typos throughout the document, including writing that Prosser has "not knowledge" if iOS 19 was "unreleased."

Another typo made was "Prosser Michael Ramacciotti" in the paragraph below:

Prosser denies that he planned or participated in any conspiracy or coordinated scheme with Prosser Michael Ramacciotti ("Ramacciotti") for the purpose of injuring Apple. Any payments by Prosser were after the fact of the alleged theft by the former Apple employee, Michael Ramacciotti.

The case is before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Prosser has requested a jury trial on all issues so triable by a jury.

Article Link: YouTuber Jon Prosser Responds to Apple's Lawsuit Over iOS 26 Leaks

 

[DocMultimedia]

Yada yada yada. I want clicks that others don't get. Apple wants clicks that it wants. The cycle rolls on.

 

[Dmoney77]

He’s going to lose this case anyway. It took him a long time to respond to this lawsuit.

 

[jonnyb098]

First, all of this is just free publicity for Apple products which they should be thankful for. Second, Liquid Glass wasn’t some bastion of design if a year later they are fixing loads of design issues with it after the unceremonious departure of liquid (gl)ass’s godfather Alan Dye. At least when the iPhone 4 was leaked it was a design marvel worth defending. Putting lipstick on their iOS pig trying to distract from their laughable Apple “Intelligence” didn’t work. They literally just bragged about fixing trivial bugs during WWDC!

 

[conmee]

This man is a hero and the Julian Assange of iPhone leaks.

P.S. Should I add “/s” or is it obvious?

 

[jz0309]

Well, if he's "innocent" as he describes - why did it take a year (it seems that long) to say so? This just doesn't add up ... but whatever

 

[conmee]

If Ramacciotti was just an acquaintance, why just randomly show Prosser the dev phone? I think I feel bad for Ethan given his poor choice in friends and the fact he seems to be the only one “injured” in this entire charade.

 

[Rradcircless]

May be off topic but this one gives me the ICK. Why is he superimposing himself INTO Tim Cook’s place in front of that Rainbow arch? He’s not even part of apple, he’s the racoon who raids them for company secrets! And it always pissed me off that he held that iPad mini and waved it around but he never looked at it or read from it. It was just there for set dressing. Triggered me.

I am autistic, this may be why these little things bother me so much.

 

[NewYorkRanger]

Jon Prosser - A talentless leech who got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and is now throwing his friends under the bus by saying they grabbed his hand and put his hand in the jar. Sure...complete scumbag behaviour.

A textbook case of "F Around & Find Out". Get 'em Apple.

 

[schlitzz]

Dude’s gonna need some Preparation H, and a few bite guards.

 

[jeanbutinfrench]

I would also request a jury when dealing with a massive corporation. curious to see how this develops, to me it seems Apple just wants to get to him and it’s not really about iOS 26.

 

[jeanbutinfrench]

May be off topic but this one gives me the ICK. Why is he superimposing himself INTO Tim Cook’s place in front of that Rainbow arch? He’s not even part of apple, he’s the racoon who raids them for company secrets! And it always pissed me off that he held that iPad mini and waved it around but he never looked at it or read from it. It was just there for set dressing. Triggered me.

I am autistic, this may be why these little things bother me so much.
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maybe its just an apple themed video and this is an apple themed background idk

 

[jeanbutinfrench]

Well, if he's "innocent" as he describes - why did it take a year (it seems that long) to say so? This just doesn't add up ... but whatever

you’re right

 

[duffman9000]

Liquid Glass has been garbage. Apple should be thankful for any publicity.

 

[FatLouie]

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You know you are in trouble when you decide to throw your buddy under the bus!

 

[svish]

Waiting to see what will happen. Leaking any confidential file will definitely lead to trouble.

 

[gummybear2026]

Worthless lawsuit especially after the data leak by Indian supplier Tata.

 

[JTMG]

But why is he saying it just now, after being threated to respond. So believable… What an idiot. I hate this man…

 

[gummybear2026]

First, all of this is just free publicity for Apple products which they should be thankful for. Second, Liquid Glass wasn’t some bastion of design if a year later they are fixing loads of design issues with it after the unceremonious departure of liquid (gl)ass’s godfather Alan Dye. At least when the iPhone 4 was leaked it was a design marvel worth defending. Putting lipstick on their iOS pig trying to distract from their laughable Apple “Intelligence” didn’t work. They literally just bragged about fixing trivial bugs during WWDC!

I don't think Alan Dye could get a job as a barista at LoveFrom. - Gruber

Apparently he landed the chief barista job at Meta.

 

[coolkid93]

The fact we’re giving this clown oxygen yet is amazing. Touch grass move on blah blah

 

[artifex]

May be off topic but this one gives me the ICK. Why is he superimposing himself INTO Tim Cook’s place in front of that Rainbow arch? He’s not even part of apple, he’s the racoon who raids them for company secrets! And it always pissed me off that he held that iPad mini and waved it around but he never looked at it or read from it. It was just there for set dressing. Triggered me.

I am autistic, this may be why these little things bother me so much.
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I looked it up, and it appears that's probably a Facetime background provided by Apple.

I think I feel bad for Ethan given his poor choice in friends and the fact he seems to be the only one “injured” in this entire charade.

I hope he can at least pursue some kind of civil case against the other two for loss of income due to being fired from Apple, but perhaps that depends on whether this conspiracy charge sticks.

 

[DrRadon]

Whenever I am on social media there is someone trying to convince me to hate someone.

Just imagine visiting a website on Apple rumors to see its visitors talk about how they hate their supplier.

 

[applefella]

I think liquid glass is good.

I also think Apple's lawsuit against Prosser isn't a big deal. Leaks happen.

But then I think Epic's lawsuit (separate situation) is a joke, and Apple's completely in the right on that one.

The number of people who complain about liquid glass's design are ridiculous. I think it's genuinely good design.

I do not think there's a valid argument that liquid glass ruined sales. There doesn't seem to be a good reason to pursue Prosser. Feel like Apple should just let that go.

 

[Westside guy]

Well, if he's "innocent" as he describes - why did it take a year (it seems that long) to say so? This just doesn't add up ... but whatever

It's trivial to construct plausible explanations for this. Here's one that immediately springs to mind - his legal representatives and Apple's have been negotiating over this, and they only recently concluded they couldn't find mutually-agreeable terms for settlement.

 

[codepour]

Why is he being sued for software leaks, while Mark Gurman of Bloomberg doesn't get sued for leaking both software and hardware? What’s the difference between this and when Gurman reveals R&D projects like the Apple Car? If Bloomberg (which has a much larger audience) times these publications correctly, they are literally manipulating Apple's stock.