{"id":300603,"date":"2025-06-18T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=300603"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T07:33:17","slug":"media-misreport-apple-ceo-tim-cook-fired-iphone-newly-ios-26-liquid-design-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-apple-ceo-tim-cook-fired-iphone-newly-ios-26-liquid-design-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian media picked up Apple user&#8217;s satiric tweet, &#8216;reported&#8217; team behind newly launched UI had been fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A day after <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/apple-announces-ios-26-with-liquid-glass-interface-list-of-iphones-supported-availability-and-other-things-to-know\/articleshow\/121736298.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple introducing new user interface (UI) feature<\/a> Liquid Glass at its <\/span>worldwide developers conference in California, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an X user by the name <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yongfook\/status\/1932225809126961355\">Jon Yongfook (@yongfook)<\/a> shared a tweet on June 10 stating he and his entire team had been fired by Apple even though they worked tirelessly for 18 months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Several Indian media outlets picked up the story and began reporting on it. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/pDHdC\">Republic Bharat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/cm73f\">News24<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/kxncV\">IndiaTV<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/SUqcY\">Ahmedabad Mirror <\/a>published reports claiming that Apple had fired the chief designer behind the Liquid Glass UI and his entire design team, and that this termination happened just a few hours after the official announcement of iOS 26. However, after the story began receiving scrutiny, all the outlets either updated their articles to correct the information or deleted them altogether.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-300603 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-apple-ceo-tim-cook-fired-iphone-newly-ios-26-liquid-design-team\/%e0%a4%85%e0%a4%b9%e0%a4%ae%e0%a4%a6%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%ac%e0%a4%be%e0%a4%a6-mirror-679x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/\u0905\u0939\u092e\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926-mirror-679x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/\u0905\u0939\u092e\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926-mirror-679x1024-1.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/\u0905\u0939\u092e\u0926\u093e\u092c\u093e\u0926-mirror-679x1024-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-apple-ceo-tim-cook-fired-iphone-newly-ios-26-liquid-design-team\/india-tv1-949x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"949\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/india-tv1-949x1024-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/india-tv1-949x1024-1.png 949w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/india-tv1-949x1024-1-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/india-tv1-949x1024-1-768x829.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-apple-ceo-tim-cook-fired-iphone-newly-ios-26-liquid-design-team\/%e0%a4%a8%e0%a5%8d%e0%a4%af%e0%a5%82%e0%a4%9c%e0%a4%bc-%e0%a5%a8%e0%a5%aa-859x1024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c-\u0968\u096a-859x1024-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c-\u0968\u096a-859x1024-1.jpg 859w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c-\u0968\u096a-859x1024-1-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0942\u091c\u093c-\u0968\u096a-859x1024-1-768x916.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-apple-ceo-tim-cook-fired-iphone-newly-ios-26-liquid-design-team\/republic-%e0%a5%a6%e0%a5%a7-1-1024x733\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/republic-\u0966\u0967-1-1024x733-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/republic-\u0966\u0967-1-1024x733-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/republic-\u0966\u0967-1-1024x733-1-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/republic-\u0966\u0967-1-1024x733-1-768x550.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NDTV Profit and Gadget 360 Hindi, both owned by the Adani Group, also published similar stories amplifying the same claims. The report published by NDTV was also republished by <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/XDIXM\">MSN.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-300603 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-apple-ceo-tim-cook-fired-iphone-newly-ios-26-liquid-design-team\/ndtv-1024x231\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/ndtv-1024x231-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/ndtv-1024x231-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/ndtv-1024x231-1-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/ndtv-1024x231-1-768x173.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-apple-ceo-tim-cook-fired-iphone-newly-ios-26-liquid-design-team\/gadgest-360-1024x364\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/gadgest-360-1024x364-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/gadgest-360-1024x364-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/gadgest-360-1024x364-1-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/gadgest-360-1024x364-1-768x273.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-apple-ceo-tim-cook-fired-iphone-newly-ios-26-liquid-design-team\/msn-1024x806\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/msn-1024x806-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/msn-1024x806-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/msn-1024x806-1-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/06\/msn-1024x806-1-768x605.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><b>&#8216;Intended as Satire&#8217;<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alt News conducted a search of Jon Yongfook\u2019s profiles on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yongfook\">X<\/a> as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yongfook\/\">LinkedIn<\/a>. Upon examining his professional history, we found no confirmation indicating he had ever been employed by Apple. His X profile bio however, clearly states that he is the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bannerbear.com\/about\/\">BannerBear<\/a>, which is a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platform for the automatic generation of images, social media visuals, ecommerce banners and more. Furthermore, according to the job history listed on his LinkedIn profile, Yongfook is a former employee of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yongfook\/details\/experience\/\">Aviva<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/banner-bear-1024x662.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, Yongfook later posted a clarification on his X account in a follow-up tweet. He explained that his original post had been intended as satire. He wrote, \u201cI have been an Apple user for more than 20 years, this is the worst UI I have seen, I hope Apple will make some changes to it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bless all of you who recognized this as satire. I&#8217;ve been enjoying the puns. I&#8217;ve been an Apple user for 20+ years, this is the worst UI I&#8217;ve seen, I hope they tweak it.<\/p>\n<p>To be perfectly transparent, this is overwhelming my notifications now, so I&#8217;m putting the thread on mute \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Yongfook (@yongfook) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yongfook\/status\/1932576573557002532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To sum up, X user Jon Yongfook is not an Apple employee but rather an Apple user who posted a satirical comment on social media. The post was amplified as &#8216;news&#8217; by several media outlets including Republic Bharat, NDTV Group, and News24 seemingly without any verification. 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