> If they still work remotely like they did back under Jobs the hardware teams are not the guys calling the shots for future product cycles.

There have been a lot of articles about how it doesn't work remotely like it did under Jobs[1]. Tim Cook has been CEO for 11+ years and isn't at all like Jobs.

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/01/technology/jony-ive-apple...