We knew in some unspecified time in the future Tim Cook dinner would step down from his place as Apple’s CEO. Over the past yr, it has turn out to be more and more apparent that John Ternus was his possible successor. The information this week was nonetheless a shock, although — and this yr’s succession may result in some necessary modifications on the most influential firm in tech.
On this episode of The Vergecast, David and Nilay are joined by Daring Fireball’s John Gruber to speak about their reactions to the information, the (largely) clean transition Apple appears to have pulled off, and what we should always actually make of Tim Cook dinner’s legacy as a product particular person. Actually, the query is: Will we blame Cook dinner for the Contact Bar, or can we blame him for not attempting onerous sufficient to make the Contact Bar nice?
After that, David and Nilay verify in on Microsoft’s ongoing gaming ambitions. The corporate is again in on the Xbox model, it seems, and is making huge guarantees about making it simple for avid gamers to play something, wherever. That received’t be simple, although — and Microsoft’s going to want some authorized assist to drag it off.
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