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Report: Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'

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Re: Report: Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'

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Post by ProfessorLayton »

pear01 wrote: post #247
Razengan wrote: post #238

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't know how you even come to that kind of conclusion at all actually. Because most products, including iOS/macOS now, have glaring annoyances or shortcomings that have gone unfixed for a long time. If Tim Cook or even Craig Federighi etc. actually used iOS/macOS in their day to day lives, they would have run into those issues sooner or later and they'd be fixed in a day. (Hyperbole is a thing but the point sta…

Such a silly comment. Is your theory that everyone with any decision making authority at Apple doesn't actually use the product? Even when it comes to "glaring annoyances or shortcomings"? So odd of you to frame this as some sort of personal outrage. Like I'm so annoyed by this "glaring issue" on my device clearly the people working on this don't even use it or "it would be fixed in a day". Lol. Maybe people who actu…

It’s not a silly comment, both macOS and iOS have been decaying into dog shit over the years from obvious bugs that anyone who uses the apps and features being sold would run into very quickly.

Tim and other executives might be using their devices as email machines, but it’s not obvious they’re using everything they’re quite literally selling us.

A few random examples:

1: The iOS keyboard is literally broken https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hksVvXONrIo&pp=ygUQaW9zIGtleWJ...

2: The Music app is barely functional, and will regularly fail to play music. Here it is bugging out, and stacking multiple album covers https://imgur.com/a/Sg8oU1p

3: Offloading an app does not actually save any space https://imgur.com/a/l9vxnhO

There’s so many more, and none of these examples are edge cases.

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Post by matwood »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #137
bnchrch wrote: post #2

If you check my comments Im a routine critic of Apple. Specifically its mis-management of Siri. But, in my mind, Tim Cook is also responsible for the only exceptional qualities of Apple. Namely its production of the M series chips and the Vision Pro (yes really). They better have someone outstanding in mind as a replacement. Otherwise I could easily see the successor mildly improve Siri/AI functions, while continuing…

I think we’ll be seeing a lot more, from Vision. The Liquid GlArse thing is because they want to make every app a Vision app. Don’t forget how unimpressive the iPhone was, when it was first introduced. It has probably become the most successful product in history.

The VP is cool, but it's still hard to see a future where everyone has one. As soon as I got my original iPhone it was clear that it changed everything going forward. The entire market changed on the spot. The VP has not done that, even if it may ultimately be successful.

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Post by michelb »

stego-tech wrote: post #184

He did good, but he’s never really had a clear vision for the ecosystem. Lots of little projects that claim to change the world, but never see momentum behind them to execute properly (Vision Pro, their Gaming push, Fitness+, expanding the iPhone lineup, etc), and has failed similarly on business execution (failing to buy or pay Masimo, half-hearted pivots to smart speakers and AI to appease shareholders). Liquid Gla…

I think Cook did an awesome job taking the reins at Apple. I can understand Cook not being a 'product visionary' as Jobs was (although Jobs also delivered some real stinkers), don't forget some of the people below Cook are still fossils from the Jobs era. I have no insight in the Apple of today, but they seem spread incredibly thin and all products and services are suffering from it.

They don't seem to have an overarching product strategy that will benefit users (does benefit shareholders though), but they're also not nimble to quickly shift gears to trends.

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Post by prmph »

akmarinov wrote: post #240
gjvc wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes but he was desperate (dying) when he made the choice

His dying was also part of his lack of taste, since he went with alternative medicine rather than actual medicine

Is it not rather the opposite? His striving for unconventional "taste" (as opposed to boring convention) was probably a factor in him seeking "alternative" medicine.

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Post by sipjca »

akmarinov wrote: post #240
gjvc wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

yes but he was desperate (dying) when he made the choice

His dying was also part of his lack of taste, since he went with alternative medicine rather than actual medicine

in some sense i think it shows having taste. sometimes taste can be dangerous. you can only have a taste for say rock climbing equipment, by rock climbing, which exposes you to danger.

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Post by walthamstow »

resonanttoe wrote: post #312
walthamstow wrote: post #295

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Isn't the checkbox already ticked though? I'd say that's opt-out. The user must take direct action to avoid telemetry.

It's not a check box, its a button choice ("Share diagnostics" "Don't Share") It's pretty explicit in intent.

My mistake, I misremembered. s1mplicissimus makes a very good point. What I do remember is it's designed to capture telemetry opt-in of people who aren't savvy and just click next, next, next.

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Post by tormeh »

aprilthird2021 wrote: post #265
gnarlouse wrote: post #183

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> maybe AR/VR I dunno, have you tried an Apple Vision Pro? It's actually a pretty phenomenal product for V1. I think really all they need to do is: (1) hit retina-tier PPD (pixels-per-degree) and (2) manage the weight, (3) do everything they're already doing, and I'm sold as a replacement for TVs & Desktop monitors.

None of that will help, it has to be able to do something people want to do. Only us on tech forums care about the actual specs and how cool the tech is. What can a person do in a Vision Pro that they're willing to spend $1000+ on that they can't do in a $300-$500 Quest? It can't replace TVs and monitors because only one person can use it at a time

Also it's incompatible with makeup and messes up your hair. So it's a dead product for like 60% of the working age population.

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Post by squigz »

LarsDu88 wrote: post #284
ryandrake wrote: post #13

Cook's been great for massively scaling Apple (and its stock price) up, but the art, vision, and soul of the company is gone. It's just a stock price maximizing lawnmower now, just like every other corporate stock price maximizing lawnmower. If that's what shareholders want, fine, I guess. But I'd be bored just manufacturing the same boring rectangles every year. I think Steve would have been, too.

They shipped AirPods and the Apple Watch during his tenure. And the ahem, Vision Pro. The M-series chips are probably the biggest win for Apple in the past 15 years. There hasn't been lack of category killers during his stint. If anything they are running out of places on the human body where you can stick a small computer. Surely the next CEO will hopefully not ruin the company and brand by cramming ads into everyth…

> If anything they are running out of places on the human body where you can stick a small computer.

Well when the exterior is full, it's time to look inside!

Re: Report: Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'

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Post by rdm_blackhole »

I think Tim Cook deserves some praises from everything that's happened on the hardware side of things, even regarding the Vision pro.

On the other hand I feel like the software side has been completely forgotten.

Numerous bugs, weird crashes, and the infamous Liquid Glass update are really worrying signs. The fact that Siri is completely useless after 10+ years and can barely be trusted to set a timer correctly is completely unacceptable.

I wish they would take a beat on the software and stop releasing new major OS updates every year but take their time to get things right even if that means that some years go without major updates.

This is the first time since I bought my first MacBook Pro and Iphone that I am planning on holding off on installing the updates and I am even considering skipping MacOS Tahoe entirely.

I just want things to be stable. A phone that works without major bugs, a MacBook that works without having to fiddle the dials or worry about some hidden incompatibilities.

That is what Apple used to stand for. Nowadays not so much.

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Post by simonh »

squigz wrote: post #328
LarsDu88 wrote: post #284

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They shipped AirPods and the Apple Watch during his tenure. And the ahem, Vision Pro. The M-series chips are probably the biggest win for Apple in the past 15 years. There hasn't been lack of category killers during his stint. If anything they are running out of places on the human body where you can stick a small computer. Surely the next CEO will hopefully not ruin the company and brand by cramming ads into everyth…

> If anything they are running out of places on the human body where you can stick a small computer. Well when the exterior is full, it's time to look inside!

We call it the Gonad Touch, and we think you’re going to love it.

Apparently the name iBalls was considered, but just well it was rejected. The Gonad Pocket accessory is on hold pending litigation by Borat over his Mankini patents.

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