Tim Cook vs Jobs

Maybe you do need a Steve Jobs around after all to yell at people so that the software is any good.Apple had one in Scott Forstall and Tim Cook fired him, in the name of furthering "collaboration" at the executive level (whatever that means). IMO that was the singular event that defines Apple in the Tim Cook era.My take is that Cook intends to coast at Apple until his 10 years are up, managing operations well but not taking any risks, and removing anyone who would t

From the WSJ on Tim Cook: "people who know him don't consider him to be a visionary". I'd be shocked to hear that Jobs hasn't been grooming his replacement. Cook can keep Apple running for another couple of years, and I expect to see someone else come up as CEO from within the ranks who shares Steve's vision and ability to focus on what makes Apple successful.

Tim Cook was a great COO at apple, and is a bit meh of a CEO

Well it's the chaotic Jobs we all seen that emphasised his authority. Sure, Cook hasn't forgotten, but it doesn't take much to realize that he has had to operate Apple differently as CEO. This isn't about inside knowledge, it is a perspective that arguably has some validity to it.

Dad is gone. Tim Cook is a logistics guy, not a visionary. Simple as. If there isn't anybody around to care, nobody cares—even at Apple.

Cant imagine Tim Cook doing that, but sure sounds like something Steve Jobs would do

Good points. I was referring to Steve Jobs at Apple rather than Apple itself. Prior to him coming back and post his death the company has been ran by people without the same vision and capability. I suspect the culture has changed at Apple dramatically with Cook in charge and that shows in the products I feel.

Relevant article[0] with same critique of Tim Cook (!= visionary product CEO) and what that means for Apple[0] https://steveblank.com/2016/10/24/why-tim-cook-is-steve-ball...

Tim Cook shouldn't have to do those things, that's why they have Craig Federighi, Eddie Cue, Jonathan Ive, Phill Schiller, etc

It's insane not because it's cynical, but because we've now seen twice that when Steve Jobs is gone, Apple falls back on TimCookPhilSchillerEddyCueJonathanIve and every other one of its other brilliant, beauty-minded industrialists. Jobs once said that he views Apple as his lasting triumph, not the Mac or the iPod, because with Apple he took his ideals and embedded them within the company upon his return. The result is that any one of the people at Apple is as brilliant as Jobs is. Some would ar