Leadership change mid-AI race would be spicy.

Cook saying prices rise while allegedly exiting would be a chaotic legacy beat.

Until Apple posts a note, treat 'final' as engagement bait.

Investors care more about continuity than nostalgia.

A farewell would leak harder than any camera spec.

Succession talk heats up every September. Ternus names keep floating.

Farewell tours in tech are usually obvious. This isn't.

Culture of secrecy means we won't know early. That's intentional.

If this were farewell they'd pack the invite with more sentimentality.

I hope he gets a proper sendoff whenever it happens, not a rumor cycle.

Not final. But maybe the last 'regular' cycle before a bigger handoff.

Mood.

The board would telegraph this clearer if it were imminent.

Cook elevated supply chain to a spectator sport. Respect.

If Ternus takes hardware lead visually tonight, read into it — a little.

Media wants a clean ending. Companies prefer messy gradual transitions.

Finally.

Even if it's not final, the era feels transitional.

Big if true.

Product people online underrate what Cook fixed after 2011.