It's a ridiculous situation, but you're putting them at the same level of attention. There are plenty of people who have demonstrated that you don't need much of a brain to be rich and influential.

Let me just say this. Whether or not Cook deserves his salary will highly depend on his actions in 2019, because thus far he has done nothing but keep the company afloat on the wave created by Steve Jobs, up to and including his ignorant statement regarding repair shops.

Accept that Apple isn't the greatest anymore. Create a developer edition of the iPhone and open source the firmware. Stop alienating consumers on a budget.

So many things he can do.