Jony Ive Is Leaving Apple ➹

There have been hints (and there will be no end of “no more TouchBar/better keyboard” jokes) but this is both interesting timing and probably long overdue.

Like Gruber points out, Apple’s product pipeline and planning cycle is long enough for the effects to be latent, but it is still something to worry about in this age of relentless business operations Tim has brought to the company.

After all, if both your software and hardware innovation starts petering out, you lose your competitive edge.

Or, like Steve would have probably said, your soul.