Take your brickbats. I don't run one now, but I used to.
All of this is irrelevant (and ad hominem) by the way.
The situation is simple: Apple doesn't make a mouse good enough for its CEO. It's as embarassing as if a Dell CEO used a Macbook.
Whether that's still fine business-wise ("we still sell millions of our own mice to less discerning folks") is irrelevant. We're criticizing their mouse quality and commitment to making a good product, not their money making abilities.
It's not really that embarrassing. My dad's a surgeon: fits femoral nails. I've had fractures. Didn't put a femoral nail in me. Just wasn't a fracture that needed a nail. Not embarrassing that guy who spends every day putting in femoral nails decided not to put a femoral nail in when it came to his son.
I think you're being silly about this because you've committed to this bit. If you make something for someone else, doesn't mean you need that thing. You might even need a different thing. I don't get why this is such a big deal.
But, well, I was wrong about you running a company. Maybe I'm wrong about this. I'll drop it. I have a feeling you'll look back many years later and wonder why you thought this. But maybe not.
All of this is irrelevant (and ad hominem) by the way.
The situation is simple: Apple doesn't make a mouse good enough for its CEO. It's as embarassing as if a Dell CEO used a Macbook.
Whether that's still fine business-wise ("we still sell millions of our own mice to less discerning folks") is irrelevant. We're criticizing their mouse quality and commitment to making a good product, not their money making abilities.