alt Hacker NewsI am very, very curious how he reached, stayed that long at the top of the org chart and convinced so many people that this was a good direction to take.
If I were at Apple's leadership I'd consider that a major blindspot and focus deeply on fixing it.
Perhaps (any of these can be true, or false):
- He wasn't the only one pushing it? Lemay was described in Bloomberg as one of the key people behind Liquid Glass
- The vision wasn't as bad as it turned out to be, but it was rushed because of yearly releases and Apple having nothing to present?
- None of the senior leadership use the devices beyond occasionally, so they couldn't care less what's happening to the UX?