@troz Couldn’t agree more with everything you said.

(And two “it’s” should be “its”, right at the beginning of the article.)

@troz It’s wonderful to see more people talking about this!

I do think Apple’s board has, and will continue to take action here. It will just be in the exact same direction.

@troz it's a weird situation to be in. Being a fan of everything except the downward trebd and company leadership. Demanding heads to roll sounds sensible for us plebs, but it's unlikely that our opinion will matter. Especially not since stakeholder happiness comes first.

actdifferent.org could use more steam to make this press-relevant in the mid term. That's the only leverage I know.

@troz I believe there’s a lot of convenient finger pointing at software quality but other than the development software, which always seems questionable, Apple’s software is very good. The issue lately is with UX, specifically. While this is a tired comparison, spend some time in Win11 and tell me Apple’s software sucks.

Apple has a design problem, particularly with software. And, they leads to a restraint problem, which is why we have poorly executed features.

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@troz Ultimately, Apple needs to downsize its middle management bloat. The top is fat with cash and YOY wins. Steve ran a flatter organization and was perhaps the best product editor ever. This ideology needs to return.

Of all CEO’s I think Tim does the best job at managing politics. Decisions may not seem obvious to us but his responsibility is to protect the shareholder’s assets. If the shareholders feel otherwise, they can vote him out. Some of it’s cringy but we don’t have $2k iPhones.