@daringfireball In a sense, despite criticisms of Cook for certain things (app store, rent seeking, China dependence, software foibles, trump whispering), as a broad strategic direction with Apple Silicon, hardware roadmaps and AI/postpandemic hiring discipline, he is arguably still the best tech CEO in the business....

Re the retiring bit, I think he'll try and outlast the trump admin before turning it over to Ternus.