Tim Cook had an extraordinary run and impeccable timing in stepping down, with Apple in a better place than it has ever been as AI becomes its next big test (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Tim Cook had an extraordinary run and impeccable timing in stepping down, with Apple in a better place than it has ever been as AI becomes its next big test — It's the nature of business that the eulogy for a chief executive doesn't happen when they die, but when they retire, or …