It is apple related. I provided relevant links I figured that was all I need *smile* I Truly think Things could be much better. I like he will be a hands on CEO at least that is what it appears. It appears he has real high standards. This can be good.
Tim Cookâs primary responsibility was to ensure the companyâs continued success, rather than waiting for groundbreaking innovations. While the Apple Watch and the Apple Pencil are notable achievements, I donât perceive any other significant innovations attributed to him.
I donât mean to criticize him, but he wasnât Steve Jobs.
Letâs hope Jon Ternus brings about more innovation.
I have to share this, mr. Cook has OPENLY supported accessibility and diversity&inclusion values during his career in Apple.
Lately he has knelt down to Trump and I have always thought he was doing that, for strategic reasons: "I'll clean your boots and you leave me alone in return". My malicious thinking addresses to the fact Cook didn't share current President's values. So I am very, very afraid that Mr. Ternus will step down with accessibility, in favor of AI agents (expensive AI agents) or so.
I'm afraid they will begin with that "anti-woke" disgusting rethoric.
Well, even some greenwashing rethoric is disgusting, I can't deny that I have hated that year when on WWDC they made all that "mother nature" drama. I really ran away from the streaming then, but that's another story.
Hypocrites are in accessibility as well, when we have bugs not solved which stay there for years and years, then they go to event and say "we value this and that, blah blah".
I think that American folks, especially those who are close to associations and institutions, should be more active now, more than ever. I talk about american because that president is their, and we have to do our part from Europe as well.
I don't want to be catastrophic but all the mess happening lately is a demonstration that nothing can be considered as granted, so, I just share my concerns.
Innovation? True, there haven't been so much innovation lately, but on this I admit that market is full. IMHO, humanity has invented everything.
Congratulations to him. I hope it makes things even better than Apple and what they already are. Being all negative about what might happen really wonât help cause anyway so you could just be positive and hope for the best.
Apple needs to be more decisive on their product line and support moving forward. I also like the idea of an engineer taking over. Jobs was an engineer and innovator. Cook, was good at one thing, making money. That is all well and good for a corporation as a whole, but we have all experienced the decline of true innovation and accessibility support in recent years.
Sure, Cook is being accredited for the creation of the AirPods and Apple Watch, but bluetooth is old, old tech. Bluetooth was invented in the mid 90s, and the first bluetooth wireless headset went live in the late 90s, and as for the Apple Watch; its basically a scaled down iPod Touch you wear on your wrist.
I am looking forward to seeing what innovations John Ternus will bring.
First off, congratulations to both, particularly John. with that being said, I really hope Moore focuses given to accessibility, specifically. New innovation, obviously doesnât hurt, but accessibility needs some serious work, particularly on the Mac as we all all know. Itâs not bad, but God knows, it could be a heck of a lot better.
One thing that has been disappointing to see, for me at least, is the increasing complexity of Apple's product mix in recent years--especially since decreasing the complexity of product lines was a hallmark of the Steve Jobs era.
It used to be that you had just one iPhone. Then 1 new iPhone became 2, 2 became 4, and 4 became 5. If the rumored iPhone Fold launches and the iPhone Air sticks around for another year, the 2026-2027 line-up will have... 6... iPhones:
iPhone e.
iPhone
iPhone Air
iPhone Pro
iPhone Pro Max
iPhone Ultra
Plus whatever of the previous year's models they keep around to sell at a lower price point.
Tim Cook oversaw one of the biggest innovations in recent computing history with the introduction of Apple Silicon. People seem to forget that. Apple didnât just âimprove chipsââthey ripped out a core industry dependency and replaced it with their own architecture, and it worked. Cleanly. Most companies donât even attempt that. Thatâs not incrementalâthatâs a tectonic shift.
Also, reducing Tim Cook to âjust making moneyâ is lazy. Yes, Apple makes a ridiculous amount of money under him, but he also built out the services ecosystem, scaled wearables into a dominant category, and kept the product line coherent while doing it. Thatâs not passive. Thatâs active leadership.
Ahh yesâBluetooth being around since the 90s. Just like touchscreens were around before the iPhone, yes? Also, making AirPods required a hell of a lot more than just âthe technology existsâ. Just like making the iPhone required more than just a touchscreen.
Also, the Apple Watch being an iPod Touch on your wrist? Sorry, but what? The Apple Watch normalised health featuresâwhether people like it or not, Apple made health tracking mainstream on a watch. To say it is just an iPod on your wrist misses the point entirely. Last time I checked, iPods never had fall detection, heart rate tracking, ECG, or the other myriad features Apple Watches now have.
On accessibilityâno, everything isnât perfect. VoiceOver has its issues. Bugs happen. Some design decisions are questionable. But to say it has declined just doesnât really line up. Whatâs actually happened is the big, flashy leaps are behind us, so now it feels less exciting.
The difference under Cook is that accessibility is something Apple actually talks about. Heâs been vocal about it, heâs championed it publicly, and that matters. It starts conversations, sets expectations, and whether people like it or not, that pressure leads to improvements. Thatâs very different from it being an afterthought.
I am hoping this shows the âApple isnât innovative anymoreâ idea as utter nonsense. If not though, can I remind you that iPhone-level innovations arenât exactly easy to do? Itâs shocking, I know, but itâs almost like you canât have category-defining products every year.
Also, quick point on what innovation actually is. It isnât just inventing brand new techâitâs taking existing tech and making it usable, scalable, and mainstream. Thatâs literally what Apple has always done.
My last point. To say Steve Jobs was an engineer is just plain wrong. People like Steve Wozniak were the engineers. Jobs was much more into ideas and being the public face of Apple. I know you didnât say this directly, but comments like these tend to romanticise Jobs. He was a deeply flawed individual. Yes, he oversaw the iPhone, but the iPhone was created by a team, not Jobs in a shed. He was also quite awful to those he worked with, and letâs not even get started on his treatment of his daughter.
Life is rarely as simple as âApple = not innovativeâ and âJobs = all good.â
We'll see if software quality improves under Ternus. I'm not holding my breath, but you never know. I really hope he's better than Tim, who as far as I know was just a numbers guy more focused on making as much money for the company as possible rather than making good products.
I just hope this transition leads to real progress, especially in accessibility. A lot of us who took part in the AppleVis report card spoke honestly because we care about Apple and know they can do better. VoiceOver on Mac and iPhone should feel polished, reliable, and respectedânot like an afterthought some days.
Leadership changes can bring fresh priorities, so maybe this is a chance to finally focus on fixing long-standing bugs, consistency issues, and the everyday frustrations blind users keep reporting year after year.
Apple has some of the smartest people in the world. The accessibility community shouldnât have to keep begging for basics. Hereâs hoping the next chapter listens, acts, and earns trust back through results.
It's adorable how you twisted my comments to fit your narrative.
Would you like a cookie?
As for the switch in leadership, I truly hope Ternus will bring forth a new era of Apple innovation, and functionally accessible technology.
InfoRover,
Might I recommend a book to you? It's called, "Steve Jobs", by Walter Isaacson. Read it. Then you can really have hatred for the co-creator of one of the greatest tech companies in human history. đ
I responded directly to your points on Bluetooth, the Apple Watch, and Apple Silicon â you havenât actually addressed any of those. A sarcastic reply doesnât really change that.
Also, Steve Jobs isnât described as an engineer in Isaacsonâs book â his role was product vision and direction, not technical implementation.
If your point is that innovation feels different now, thatâs fair. But thatâs not the same as saying it isnât happening.
As @InfoRover said, the amount of engineering to virtually recreate / modify bluetooth so sound doesn't suck is incredible.
For the rest... As long as macos gets some serious voiceover patches, I'll be happy. For the rest, when you are rich and a public figure, and in a company, you're inherently corrupt. People who think companies are their friend or they are truly valuable to them need to touch some grass more often. Think greenwash, dei only when it fits a company's narrative or that of its home country...
Wishing you a great day.
I guess we'll see what happens. That's all we can do. I do wonder if I'll be able to get my hands on the foldable iPhone when it comes out. I got to feel the samsung one at the store and liked it, but I don't know how necessary it is for me since I'm totally blind and don't need a lot of screen technically.
Like congratulations again and I agree with the last comment that we need to just wait and see what happens. I am also totally blind and have been since birth. So I donât need any large screen either. I think I would just stick with a regular kind of phone. I donât think I want any kind of foldable phone. I wouldnât mind touching one, but I donât think Iâd be interested in anyone. I really donât want anything bigger than my current iPhone 15 but I may have to. Iâm just happy for the trust about that we have and Iâm sure that things will continue to improve as we keep giving Apple feedback and giving them the chances to fix things.
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Apple splits hardware team into five key areas, per report
More on this
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/20/apple-splits-hardware-team-into-five-key-areas-per-report/
congratulations to the both of them
Congratulations to the both of them.
You beat me to it, Dennis!
Sadly I was waiting for permission from the powers that be before I posted anything, but you have beaten me to the punch. Well done. đŁ
I was on it!
It is apple related. I provided relevant links I figured that was all I need *smile* I Truly think Things could be much better. I like he will be a hands on CEO at least that is what it appears. It appears he has real high standards. This can be good.
Let us just hope things for getting better.
Tim Cookâs primary responsibility was to ensure the companyâs continued success, rather than waiting for groundbreaking innovations. While the Apple Watch and the Apple Pencil are notable achievements, I donât perceive any other significant innovations attributed to him.
I donât mean to criticize him, but he wasnât Steve Jobs.
Letâs hope Jon Ternus brings about more innovation.
Fears for accessibility step down
I have to share this, mr. Cook has OPENLY supported accessibility and diversity&inclusion values during his career in Apple.
Lately he has knelt down to Trump and I have always thought he was doing that, for strategic reasons: "I'll clean your boots and you leave me alone in return". My malicious thinking addresses to the fact Cook didn't share current President's values. So I am very, very afraid that Mr. Ternus will step down with accessibility, in favor of AI agents (expensive AI agents) or so.
I'm afraid they will begin with that "anti-woke" disgusting rethoric.
Well, even some greenwashing rethoric is disgusting, I can't deny that I have hated that year when on WWDC they made all that "mother nature" drama. I really ran away from the streaming then, but that's another story.
Hypocrites are in accessibility as well, when we have bugs not solved which stay there for years and years, then they go to event and say "we value this and that, blah blah".
I think that American folks, especially those who are close to associations and institutions, should be more active now, more than ever. I talk about american because that president is their, and we have to do our part from Europe as well.
I don't want to be catastrophic but all the mess happening lately is a demonstration that nothing can be considered as granted, so, I just share my concerns.
Innovation? True, there haven't been so much innovation lately, but on this I admit that market is full. IMHO, humanity has invented everything.
Report: Ternus to Bring Jobs-Era Decisiveness Back to Apple
I like this. This will be good for Apple.
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/21/ternus-apple-ceo-jobs-style-decisiveness/
Congratulations
Congratulations to him. I hope it makes things even better than Apple and what they already are. Being all negative about what might happen really wonât help cause anyway so you could just be positive and hope for the best.
Good article, I hope its true.
Apple needs to be more decisive on their product line and support moving forward. I also like the idea of an engineer taking over. Jobs was an engineer and innovator. Cook, was good at one thing, making money. That is all well and good for a corporation as a whole, but we have all experienced the decline of true innovation and accessibility support in recent years.
Sure, Cook is being accredited for the creation of the AirPods and Apple Watch, but bluetooth is old, old tech. Bluetooth was invented in the mid 90s, and the first bluetooth wireless headset went live in the late 90s, and as for the Apple Watch; its basically a scaled down iPod Touch you wear on your wrist.
I am looking forward to seeing what innovations John Ternus will bring.
looking forward to this
First off, congratulations to both, particularly John. with that being said, I really hope Moore focuses given to accessibility, specifically. New innovation, obviously doesnât hurt, but accessibility needs some serious work, particularly on the Mac as we all all know. Itâs not bad, but God knows, it could be a heck of a lot better.
Complexity of Product Lines
One thing that has been disappointing to see, for me at least, is the increasing complexity of Apple's product mix in recent years--especially since decreasing the complexity of product lines was a hallmark of the Steve Jobs era.
It used to be that you had just one iPhone. Then 1 new iPhone became 2, 2 became 4, and 4 became 5. If the rumored iPhone Fold launches and the iPhone Air sticks around for another year, the 2026-2027 line-up will have... 6... iPhones:
Plus whatever of the previous year's models they keep around to sell at a lower price point.
Why are we doing this?
They need to end some ipads
This is such a mess. Ipad, ipad air, ipad mini, ipad pro... And some older gen ipads too probably.
@Brian
Tim Cook oversaw one of the biggest innovations in recent computing history with the introduction of Apple Silicon. People seem to forget that. Apple didnât just âimprove chipsââthey ripped out a core industry dependency and replaced it with their own architecture, and it worked. Cleanly. Most companies donât even attempt that. Thatâs not incrementalâthatâs a tectonic shift.
Also, reducing Tim Cook to âjust making moneyâ is lazy. Yes, Apple makes a ridiculous amount of money under him, but he also built out the services ecosystem, scaled wearables into a dominant category, and kept the product line coherent while doing it. Thatâs not passive. Thatâs active leadership.
Ahh yesâBluetooth being around since the 90s. Just like touchscreens were around before the iPhone, yes? Also, making AirPods required a hell of a lot more than just âthe technology existsâ. Just like making the iPhone required more than just a touchscreen.
Also, the Apple Watch being an iPod Touch on your wrist? Sorry, but what? The Apple Watch normalised health featuresâwhether people like it or not, Apple made health tracking mainstream on a watch. To say it is just an iPod on your wrist misses the point entirely. Last time I checked, iPods never had fall detection, heart rate tracking, ECG, or the other myriad features Apple Watches now have.
On accessibilityâno, everything isnât perfect. VoiceOver has its issues. Bugs happen. Some design decisions are questionable. But to say it has declined just doesnât really line up. Whatâs actually happened is the big, flashy leaps are behind us, so now it feels less exciting.
The difference under Cook is that accessibility is something Apple actually talks about. Heâs been vocal about it, heâs championed it publicly, and that matters. It starts conversations, sets expectations, and whether people like it or not, that pressure leads to improvements. Thatâs very different from it being an afterthought.
I am hoping this shows the âApple isnât innovative anymoreâ idea as utter nonsense. If not though, can I remind you that iPhone-level innovations arenât exactly easy to do? Itâs shocking, I know, but itâs almost like you canât have category-defining products every year.
Also, quick point on what innovation actually is. It isnât just inventing brand new techâitâs taking existing tech and making it usable, scalable, and mainstream. Thatâs literally what Apple has always done.
My last point. To say Steve Jobs was an engineer is just plain wrong. People like Steve Wozniak were the engineers. Jobs was much more into ideas and being the public face of Apple. I know you didnât say this directly, but comments like these tend to romanticise Jobs. He was a deeply flawed individual. Yes, he oversaw the iPhone, but the iPhone was created by a team, not Jobs in a shed. He was also quite awful to those he worked with, and letâs not even get started on his treatment of his daughter.
Life is rarely as simple as âApple = not innovativeâ and âJobs = all good.â
Software Quality
We'll see if software quality improves under Ternus. I'm not holding my breath, but you never know. I really hope he's better than Tim, who as far as I know was just a numbers guy more focused on making as much money for the company as possible rather than making good products.
hope this works
I just hope this transition leads to real progress, especially in accessibility. A lot of us who took part in the AppleVis report card spoke honestly because we care about Apple and know they can do better. VoiceOver on Mac and iPhone should feel polished, reliable, and respectedânot like an afterthought some days.
Leadership changes can bring fresh priorities, so maybe this is a chance to finally focus on fixing long-standing bugs, consistency issues, and the everyday frustrations blind users keep reporting year after year.
Apple has some of the smartest people in the world. The accessibility community shouldnât have to keep begging for basics. Hereâs hoping the next chapter listens, acts, and earns trust back through results.
InfoRover
It's adorable how you twisted my comments to fit your narrative.
Would you like a cookie?
As for the switch in leadership, I truly hope Ternus will bring forth a new era of Apple innovation, and functionally accessible technology.
InfoRover,
Might I recommend a book to you? It's called, "Steve Jobs", by Walter Isaacson. Read it. Then you can really have hatred for the co-creator of one of the greatest tech companies in human history. đ
@Brian
I responded directly to your points on Bluetooth, the Apple Watch, and Apple Silicon â you havenât actually addressed any of those. A sarcastic reply doesnât really change that.
Also, Steve Jobs isnât described as an engineer in Isaacsonâs book â his role was product vision and direction, not technical implementation.
If your point is that innovation feels different now, thatâs fair. But thatâs not the same as saying it isnât happening.
Don't underestimate airpods
As @InfoRover said, the amount of engineering to virtually recreate / modify bluetooth so sound doesn't suck is incredible.
For the rest... As long as macos gets some serious voiceover patches, I'll be happy. For the rest, when you are rich and a public figure, and in a company, you're inherently corrupt. People who think companies are their friend or they are truly valuable to them need to touch some grass more often. Think greenwash, dei only when it fits a company's narrative or that of its home country...
Wishing you a great day.
Interesting
I guess we'll see what happens. That's all we can do. I do wonder if I'll be able to get my hands on the foldable iPhone when it comes out. I got to feel the samsung one at the store and liked it, but I don't know how necessary it is for me since I'm totally blind and don't need a lot of screen technically.
Agree with this last comment
Like congratulations again and I agree with the last comment that we need to just wait and see what happens. I am also totally blind and have been since birth. So I donât need any large screen either. I think I would just stick with a regular kind of phone. I donât think I want any kind of foldable phone. I wouldnât mind touching one, but I donât think Iâd be interested in anyone. I really donât want anything bigger than my current iPhone 15 but I may have to. Iâm just happy for the trust about that we have and Iâm sure that things will continue to improve as we keep giving Apple feedback and giving them the chances to fix things.