John Gruber Shares Scathing Commentary About Apple's Departing Software Design Chief

Published: 21 hours ago (December 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM EST)

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Source: MacRumors

Apple confirms Alan Dye’s departure

In a statement shared with Bloomberg on Wednesday, Apple confirmed that its software design chief Alan Dye will be leaving.

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Apple said Dye will be succeeded by Stephen Lemay, who has been a software designer at the company since 1999.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Dye will lead a new…

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