Craig Hockenberry

Re: Alan Dye - good riddance!

One thought I had that I haven't seen elsewhere: his departure may have been preemptive.

He was in Cook’s blindside, but he clearly had detractors within the organization, and it's possible one would have become his boss during the CEO reorganization.

A “leave before being fired” situation. Which would also explain how it caught everyone off guard.

Dec 6 at 6:59pmIvory for iOS
Show threadmanoloDec 6
@chockenberry whatever the case may be, i’ll take it
Show threadJason SnellDec 6
@chockenberry yes, I really wonder if he either saw the writing on the wall or didn't get a promotion or management change he really wanted. I've seen that happen a lot.
Show threadTodd Heberlein (social)Dec 6

@jsnell @chockenberry From the quote below, it sounds like Srouji is signaling, "Make me CEO, or I'm out."

With Meta offering crazy salary offers and AI-related startups getting crazy valuations right off the bat, I suspect Srouji will get many offers. I'm sure Zuck picked up the phone to call him already.

"And some within Apple have said that Srouji would prefer not to work under a different CEO, even with an expanded title."

Show threadTodd Heberlein (social)Dec 6

@jsnell @chockenberry Watching all these executive in their late 50s or 60s leaving or signaling they may leave Apple, I'm to go start referring to John Ternus as "the young John Ternus."

For example, "Johny Srouji, 61, has indicated he didn't want to work under the young John Ternus."

Show threadSteven Op de beeckDec 6
@chockenberry 💡
Show threadCesare ForelliDec 6

@chockenberry I’d like that. A lot. But I wonder if a hardware guy will have such strong opinions.

For me software > hardware any day, so while I like Ternus *a lot* I’d be happier with a Forstall / Federighi / Serlet profile taking over

Show threadMats StaugaardDec 6
@chockenberry That’s a really good point!
Show threadshac ron ₪‎Dec 6
@chockenberry My impression is that Liquid Glass is *hated* internally at Apple. Dye burned his credibility and would likely have been shown the door under any management. It’s obvious no one is sad to see him go.
Show threadKuba Suder • @mackuba.eu on 🦋Dec 6
@shac @chockenberry Any chance they start fixing it a bit more now?…
Show threadsiggiarniDec 6
@mackuba @shac @chockenberry I mean, they started fixing the MacBook when Ive left. Hopefully we’ll see the same thing happen with the OSes.
Show threadAdam OverholtzerDec 6
@chockenberry The true meaning of Christmas
Show threadMatt GoddenDec 6
@chockenberry Another perspective might be that he decided he really wanted to be doing UI for headsets (Liquid Glass being a visionOS fanfic project), and Meta is doing headsets at a mass adoption / critical mass pricepoint.