"John was responsible for production having been deleted" because of the systems and processes he did or did not put in place. At a high enough level of abstraction, this is all that matters.
Jony was responsible for the Touch Bar.
Anyway, some evidence: "For years, Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive has expressed a desire for the iPhone to appear like a single sheet of glass", suggesting that this could have been part of a larger overall design direction. (https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-unlikely-to-make-big-chan...)
I'd be willing to bet that they mocked up MacBooks with full touchscreen keyboards.
Further, I don't think it's a coincidence that I don't mind typing an email (core C-level activity) on an iPad on-screen keyboard, but I'd find it infuriating to try to code on.
Jony was responsible for the Touch Bar.
Anyway, some evidence: "For years, Apple Chief Design Officer Jony Ive has expressed a desire for the iPhone to appear like a single sheet of glass", suggesting that this could have been part of a larger overall design direction. (https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-unlikely-to-make-big-chan...)
I'd be willing to bet that they mocked up MacBooks with full touchscreen keyboards.
Further, I don't think it's a coincidence that I don't mind typing an email (core C-level activity) on an iPad on-screen keyboard, but I'd find it infuriating to try to code on.