MacRumors Readers React to Tim Cook dinner Stepping Down as CEO

Apple yesterday introduced that longtime Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner is planning to step down from his position later this 12 months, with present {hardware} engineering chief John Ternus set to take over as CEO. We have seen media reviews suggesting Ternus will convey Jobs-like decisiveness again to Apple, in addition to reactions from high world leaders, however we thought we would additionally spotlight what MacRumors readers consider the transition.

Reactions on the MacRumors boards run the gamut from optimistic to detrimental, with some folks praising Cook dinner for the whole lot he is finished for Apple, and others celebrating his departure from the position.

From Cook dinner followers:

• nfl46 – Thanks, Tim! He left John in a reallyyyyyyy good monetary place!
• RMMediccc – Thanks for being the precise man on the proper time Tim. You’ll be missed, nevertheless it was time and you’re making the proper name simply as Steve did.
• DocMultimedia – Congrats to Mr. Cook dinner for superb progress for Apple over so a few years. Hopefully Apple will proceed to develop beneath Mr. Ternus. A lot respect for each (in contrast to many on this discussion board).
• Adelphos33 – Plenty of… for example disappointing responses. Cook dinner grew to become COO on October 14, 2005. Probably the greatest and most vital executives of all time. He made lots of people very rich, and never simply Apple workers. A personally pioneering one as nicely.
• KPOM – Tim Cook dinner will go down as among the finest CEOs to steer a Fortune 500. I count on he’ll keep on as govt chairman at the least till January 2029 as he’s Apple’s ambassador to the world of politics.
• transpo1 – Cook dinner was the precise man for the job on the proper time. He may by no means do what Jobs did, and Jobs may by no means do what Cook dinner did. Jobs informed him “Do not do what I might do, do what you’d do,” and prefer it or not, he made wildly worthwhile choices that enabled the corporate to maintain shifting ahead from a place of huge success.

From Cook dinner critics:

• Kylo83 – good, hopefully we really see actual change now
• firstcitazen – Ding Dong the ….
• iPedro – However Tim Cook dinner was something however a visionary and he fully missed what Steve Jobs supposed for Siri, which debuted within the iPhone the day earlier than his loss of life. New blood is required and an engineer who’s a stickler for element is a superb place to begin.
• turbineseaplane – Occasion time!!! 🥳 Implausible information. It is time for some recent ideology, I hope.
• Anonymous123 – Good riddance. Glad to see the penny pincher lastly gone. Hope this marks a brand new, higher path for Apple. Much less deal with companies and adverts, extra deal with larger high quality software program and {hardware}, please.
• gleepskip – Tim Cook dinner is so boring, his memoirs can be an autobiography titled “Provide Chain Optimization: A Love Story.”
• delsoul – Does this imply we’ll lastly get some ballsy, new daring merchandise as a substitute of attempting to appease the shareholders nonstop with boring stale merchandise
• superarijit – He bought fired, pure and easy, PR free. Why? Think about the utter billions he misplaced on failed Apple Intelligence, Apple Automotive, Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional and extra. Crap software program, identical {hardware} yearly. He is fortunate that iphone saved him every time.
• tgurske – Thank god. I do not know why Jobs picked a Toyota Camry to be CEO however I can not wait for somebody attention-grabbing to get in there.
• iMac The Knife – Hip hip hooray! Cook dinner ended up being the worst doable option to succeed Steve Jobs as Apple’s CEO – at the least when it comes to product design, consumer expertise, and real innovation.
• HiVolt – It is lastly taking place. I actually hope Ternus could make issues higher, and at the least he may have a extra attention-grabbing character than a potted plant.

From Ternus followers:

• Nismo73 – John’s the man for the job. Congrats!
• venom600 – Superior… glad to have a {hardware} man in cost.
• aj8690 – MAKE CEOs HOT AGAIN
• spritle – THE TERNUSATOR!
• jonnyb098 – Finest Apple Information shortly. Apple wants a product visionary after 5 years of stagnation (Imaginative and prescient Professional isn’t a client hit in any respect nor do most understand it exists). Tim made the corporate a behemoth however that comes with dangers. John is a product man and that is what Apple wants now.
• fant0mas – I like that John does not put on white footwear although… his style on this regard appears higher than Tim’s. Hope because of this the OS designs will enhance once more as nicely.

Basic feedback:

• terminator-jq – Tim Cook dinner had very large footwear to fill, however finally he did nice work in making Apple probably the most helpful firms worldwide. That being stated the change and CEO couldn’t have come at a greater time. Good telephones have stagnated and we’re rapidly approaching the brand new augmented actuality period. If Apple goes to keep up this management place by way of this transition, having a {hardware} man on the helm is perhaps their greatest guess.
• Brother Cavil – Individuals anticipating significant change from Ternus are in for a world of disappointment. Should you pop your head outdoors the delusional MacRumors bubble, folks LOVE their Apple merchandise. He has no incentive to repair what is not damaged. Fairly the alternative.
• erikkfi – You may’t take a look at Apple’s income and gross sales graph since 2011 and argue that Tim was an unsuccessful CEO on a metric that, prefer it or not, is de facto vital. Since 2011 Apple has misplaced its aptitude, creativeness, and verve, although, whereas nonetheless making excellent, buttoned-down merchandise that promote like loopy. I do not assume they make many viscerally fascinating merchandise anymore. I hope a change on the high might help with that, however I do not know a lot about Ternus’ style and the place he falls on a hypothetical Steve-Tim spectrum.
• jon9091 – Can he take Liquid Glass with him?
• turbineseaplane – Be happy to take the Imaginative and prescient Professional with you on the way in which out the door. That was fairly the dud Tim.
• GermanSuplex – Negativity apart, Cook dinner had a superb run nevertheless it’s time for a change. I count on the foldable iPhone will ship a {hardware} “wow” issue that is been lacking, and it is bought an enormous gap to dig itself out of, but when they will overdeliver on their revamped Siri, that may be a great way to kickstart this man’s stint.
• macduke – Lastly, and somebody “youthful.” Between this and the liquid ass man leaving and Apple hiring the superb designer Sebastiaan de With, I am looking forward to the way forward for Apple. They only must get their AI geese in a row. However nothing flawed with paying for a mannequin they will hold in-house and customise.
• AnInanimateCarbonRod – I am grateful for his time as CEO. Apple’s ecosystem continues to be by far and away the one one I wish to be in. iPhones, iPads and the Mac are nonetheless the most effective merchandise of their class. MacBook Neo has completely upended the low-end market and put everybody else to disgrace. Apple Silicon is unimaginable engineering and an trade extensive sport changer. They have not wavered from their dedication to privateness – and stay the one tech firm I really belief with my knowledge. I may go on and on – AirPods, Apple TV, and so forth. – all unbelievable successes in their very own proper.
• mk313 – Man, what are the macrumors commenters going to complain about now!
• mjschabow – Future Scorching Take: “Tim Cook dinner by no means would have allowed this.”

Tim Cook dinner is ready to step down as CEO on September 1, 2026, which is when Ternus will take over. Cook dinner will stay at Apple as govt chairman, a task he intends to carry “for a very long time.”