--- title: Apple has no one left who can say no | daily.dev description: Apple's leadership crisis is evident in failed projects like the $10 billion Project Titan car initiative and the buggy CarPlay Ultra release. The company... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-has-no-one-left-who-can-say-no-secliv83y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Apple has no one left who can say no | daily.dev og:description: Apple's leadership crisis is evident in failed projects like the $10 billion Project Titan car initiative and the buggy CarPlay Ultra release. The company... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apple-has-no-one-left-who-can-say-no-secliv83y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SeCliv83y.png og:image:alt: Apple has no one left who can say no og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Apple has no one left who can say no **[David Heinemeier Hansson](https://daily.dev/sources/dhh)** · 3 min read · 83 upvotes · 8 comments ## Summary Apple's leadership crisis is evident in failed projects like the $10 billion Project Titan car initiative and the buggy CarPlay Ultra release. The company lacks decisive leadership to maintain quality standards, with products shipping despite significant performance issues like 12fps lag and system crashes. This reflects a broader organizational problem where quarterly earnings take precedence over product excellence, contrasting with founder-led companies that typically maintain higher quality standards. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@zx8086** · 6 upvotes > True and perfect time to kick them when they are going down.... Framework + Omarchy :-) **@fabooy961** · 0 upvotes > "Oh yeah, apple's so cool" while copy-pasting with your fakken thumb!!!! **@serjeel** · 0 upvotes > How can such a giant mess up basic apps like Alarm, and be unable to build a proper Calculator? **@marioaliberti** · 0 upvotes > when money takes precedence over products, this is the only possible scenario ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The great falls of Boeing, Intel, and Apple](https://daily.dev/posts/the-great-falls-of-boeing-intel-and-apple-tllygyzvv) · David Heinemeier Hansson · 220 upvotes · 27 comments - [Ford’s CEO isn’t impressed with Apple CarPlay Ultra](https://daily.dev/posts/ford-s-ceo-isn-t-impressed-with-apple-carplay-ultra-msgle8lhr) · The Verge · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#apple](https://daily.dev/tags/apple), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership), [#product-management](https://daily.dev/tags/product-management) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/apple-has-no-one-left-who-can-say-no-secliv83y) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Apple has no one left who can say no","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/apple-has-no-one-left-who-can-say-no-secliv83y","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/apple-has-no-one-left-who-can-say-no-secliv83y"},"datePublished":"2025-09-14T10:58:02.073Z","dateModified":"2025-09-14T10:58:23.822Z","description":"Apple's leadership crisis is evident in failed projects like the $10 billion Project Titan car initiative and the buggy CarPlay Ultra release. 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