If your high-profile misses become the subject of both memes and major news stories I'd say you are still the benchmark in UX, yes. Even "Apple design has peak

If your high-profile misses become the subject of both memes and major news stories I'd say you are still the benchmark in UX, yes. Even "Apple design has peaked" is a meme if you've been following this stuff for more than just one decade. (Sure, one day it'll most likely be true, but that doesn't make everyone predicting it now a prophet retroactively.)