Jonh Ternus retweeted
“We’re making Apple Music free for every iPhone user.”
- John Ternus, new Apple CEO.
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John Ternus did not announce making Apple Music free for iPhone users; the attributed quote is fabricated. No such statement appears in his first-day memo, official transition announcements, or his X account, and Apple Music has no free tier (only trials).
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I did say that
“We’re making Apple Music free for every iPhone user.”
- John Ternus, new Apple CEO.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
John Ternus did not announce making Apple Music free for iPhone users; the attributed quote is fabricated. No such statement appears in his first-day memo, official transition announcements, or his X account, and Apple Music has no free tier (only trials).
apple.com/newsroom/2026/…
9to5mac.com/2026/09/01/rea…
9to5mac.com/guides/apple-m…
x.com/johnternus/sta…
Guess I’ll have to build an even better feature now
Maybe then I’ll finally get your attention, Greg...
"Once I was a McDonalds worker, now I'm the Ronald McDonald himself."
- Jonh Ternus, 2026
- Meet John Ternus
- CEO of Apple
- competitive swimmer
- No MBA
- Studied mechanical engineering
- had a minor in Psychology,
- Joined Apple as a engineer
- Kept climbing, one product line at a time, for over a decade
- Became VP of Hardware Engineering
- Promoted to Senior VP
- Led Apple's entire transition from Intel chips to its own custom Apple Silicon
- took over Apple Watch and helped ship Vision Pro
- Spent 25 years
- became CEO
- Unlike many tech CEOs, he's been remarkably low-profile for most of his career.
Engineer to CEO ..what a Journey 🔥
It was a pleasure having you as part of the company.
From here, I’ll be taking the lead.






































