Apple CEO John Ternus makes first post on X on his first day

techSep 1, 2026371,055

John Ternus, who succeeded Tim Cook as Apple CEO while Cook stays on as executive chair, posted on X on his first day in the job with a short "hello". MacRumors reported the new CEO's X appearance; contemporaneous reporting and company coverage note the leadership change and that former CFO Luca Maestri is stepping down from his recent role. Social posts on the platform immediately criticized Ternus, calling him a coward and accusing Apple leadership of capitulating to Donald Trump, and some users pointed to an apparent Apple Maps label change to "Lake America" as an early controversial move. The post is notable as Ternus's first public social-media message after the leadership transition and arrives amid broader coverage about Apple entering a new era facing AI and other product challenges.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸

@nothoodlum.bsky.social

John Ternus’s first day as Apple CEO: Renames Lake Ontario “Lake America.” Think different. Rename everything.

35244d ago

Bonnie Schwertner23

Anybody want to guess why the Mapquest app downloads are on 🔥 right now? I searched Lake Ontario on Apple Maps and then reported a problem with the name and gave a “nice” comment.

midwestmagpie13.bsky.social17

I just don’t understand why everyone is caving to the mad man living in the White House? Can someone explain it to me? It’s just insane.

NAFO'S Grammy16

Great! Now he can join my lengthy FUCK LIST. FUCK JOHN TERNUS!

SarahBCalif15

Steve Jobs would loathe this move.

Cathy K7

Kissing the Trump ring 🤮 I just downloaded Mapquest! 🖕’em

i-am-noname.bsky.social6

Everyone needs to search in Apple Maps for Lake Ontario and report the incorrect name with “Report an Issue”. I just did and told them to stop kissing the orange ass.

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Brian Sletten4

This doesn’t bode well. Ternus is continuing Cook’s spineless sycophancy. Apple is as pathetic as Google.

bluethru.bsky.social2

Bing and Mapquest have not been the knee to the fascist

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)

@newsjennifer.bsky.social

Helluva first day as Apple CEO: knuckling under to Trump. www.pcmag.com/news/new-app...

9145d ago

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze)29

Mapquest is holding the line. Here’s the App Store link: apps.apple.com/us/app/mapqu...

oddmediapro.bsky.social5

These tech bros have all of the money but none of the courage

Steve W in OH (he/him)3

I just checked on my iPhone and it still says Lake Ontario.

Greg Gardner 2

I’m sorry I ever bought an Apple product.

Steve in Chicago2

[Looks at iPhone 11] Guess that idea of not replacing you until either Google or Apple stops sucking means we're going to be together for the next few years.

Mo Collins1

Crap!! I had just switched to Apple.

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Mo Collins5

I had just switched to Apple after Google. Mapquest it is!!!

Jim Aldrich🌱2

It’s easy to switch to MapQuest. A bit harder to give up Apple devices but I’ll get there. These techbros are bad news!

MB Brown2

So far (2:50 PM PDT September 1, 2026) it’s still Lake Ontario on my version of Apple Maps. So far…😑

Murshed Zaheed

@murshedz.bsky.social

Make a note on this one. On the first day of Apple's new CEO John Ternus - Apple does this. ↘️

9144d ago

Clancy, Use the Remote4

Don't all these map apps just automatically upload place designations from the US Geological Survey or something? It's the reason they all switched to Denali, and then back to McKinley, in response to EOs by Obama and Trump, the USGS changed the name.

Denis O’Brien2

Drop Apple Maps, use Mapquest .

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Jodi Jacobson3

Our country, the "president," and its business leaders are a global joke.

Bethan2

Map apps ingest place names from state organizations. This isn’t Apple (or Google, etc.) selling out for politics, it’s just how it works. Maybe some orgs are willing to do extra work to not do it that way, but that’s also a choice to manage more complexity and other kinds of risk.

James McLeod

@jamespmcleod.ca

The John Ternus era at Apple begins the same way that the Tim Cook era at Apple ended. In full collaboration with Donald Trump. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

4445d ago

Jeremy Caradonna2

Motherfuckers. I’ve already deleted Google Maps. I’m running out of things to delete. These cowards have no moral compass whatsoever.

alida1

Best response by Apple to the request to spuriously rename Lake Ontario would have been “let me check into that” and then not.

Lord Piss

@lordpiss.bsky.social

good riddance to a man with no creative vision who sucked up to fascism and made a religion of planned obsolescence. jobs ruined his legacy by choosing you ✌️

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7845d ago

czech hunter biden2

wasn't planned obsolescence jobs' big concept with the products?

Wile E. Peyote1

Jobs loved planned obsolescence too

Zenamis1

Breaking news. Apple, being incapable of innovation plan to cram slop in their knockoff Zfold. Good thing they have the dumbest batch of tech illiterate zombies as customers. They will buy this and then claim folding screens are So InNoVaTiVe

Brian Wilcox

@brianwilcox.bsky.social

Apple PR bullshit. If they cave, they in fact support Trump’s action. Who gives a shit whether they all feel bad about. Terrible look for new CEO John Ternus on his first day! Another Tech Coward.

7544d ago

Brian Grubb

@briancgrubb.bsky.social

can't believe this is how i found out i didn't get the gig of ceo of apple

5545d ago

Brian Grubb33

i would have done a good job

Honda Percepción1

hate it when recruiting ghosts people like that

Arthur From Pittsburgh1

I believe the position of CEO of iTunes where you field calls from DJ Khaled is still open

Scott1

Yeah but this leaves you more time to work on your hip hop musical.

Ryan Teague Beckwith

@ryanbeckwith.bsky.social

When you let a guy get away with renaming your CEO "Tim Apple," you should not be surprised when this happens

1944d ago

Christopher Wiggins

@cwnewser.bsky.social

He's out! Gay billionaire and former CEO Tim Cook moved Apple forward before bending the knee to Donald Trump. www.advocate.com/news/tim-coo...

1445d ago

Mark Gurman

@markgurman.bsky.social

Apple's changing of the guard continues, with former CFO Luca Maestri stepping down from his recent role of VP of Corporate Services. He remains on payroll for now, hosting a popular class at Apple University. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

1845d ago

Kerim Friedman 傅可恩

@kerim.one

Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple. I'll primarily remember him as a coward who, despite his position as the head of the largest company in the world, always chose to suck up to autocrats.

2144d ago

Rusty Foster

@rusty.todayintabs.com

Congrats to new Apple CEO and flagship iExec 3 business leadership drone John Temu for spending his first day in the big boy job getting rolled by Donald Trump. www.status.news/p/apple-maps...

2044d ago