Analysts Say Apple No Longer Anchors Supply Chain - MOSK: 01.19.2026

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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- Analysts Say Apple's Slipped from the Top of the Supply Chain - Apple Kills 90-Day Logic and Final Cut Trials Ahead of Bundle Launch - Apple Fined $150K for Lack of Price Signage in NJ Stores - iOS 26.3 App Store May Blur Lines Between Organic and Sponsored Search Results - Lisa Jackson is Off the Apple Leadership Page - Sponsored by CleanMyMac: Use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @macosken@mastodon.social - Send Ken an email: info@macosken.com - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	Apple no longer anchors the supply chain, it seems.
0:12.4	A laughably small find in New Jersey.
0:16.2	Ha! Ha! Ha!
0:19.0	And Lisa Jackson's apparently done. It is Monday, the 19th of January, ha. And Lisa Jackson's apparently done.
0:22.3	It is Monday, the 19th of January, 2026.
0:26.1	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
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1:04.3	I've been watching and working in tech news since 1998, minus three years at the turn of the century.
1:11.7	There's a type of story turning up now, though, that I don't remember seeing before.
1:16.3	I mean, it's kind of like the stories that happened off and on during the height of the pandemic.
1:21.2	Stories of slowdowns and tie-ups in the supply chain, forcing everybody from automakers to Apple
1:26.7	to scramble for alternative suppliers
1:28.7	and or delay products. The thing is, those were practically acts of God. People getting sick,
1:36.2	people fleeing for fear of getting sick, manufacturers reacting poorly in some cases. It was unprecedented.
1:46.6	The thing is, this new crop of stories is also unprecedented.
1:51.4	A piece from Business Insider shows up under the headline,
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