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Apple's New CEO John Ternus is Now on X

John Ternus 16x9 1Apple's new CEO John Ternus now has an X account, and he has already shared his first post saying hello to the world.

Ternus did not have a public social media presence prior to today.

Tim Cook is now Apple's executive chairman, and his own X account's description has been updated to reflect that change.

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Top Rated Comments

36 minutes ago at 09:02 am
I was told Twitter/X would be dead by now.

Bluesky users in shambles.
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
28 minutes ago at 09:10 am
Yeah. I would have respected him more if he hadn’t joined X.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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21 minutes ago at 09:17 am
At least he isn't on OnlyFans?
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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19 minutes ago at 09:19 am
Feel sorry for him that he has to have this and probably other accounts ...
But that's the price to pay to be public figure
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
22 minutes ago at 09:17 am
He's obviously not fond of being on X. And I can understand him. For an engineer, spending time in the realm of obscurantism is probably not the first thing that comes to mind.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
30 minutes ago at 09:08 am
Will his first move as CEO be renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America in Maps ?
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)