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metalspoon | 1 year ago

Apple was always rotten unless Jobs kicked their ass. Once they kicked Jobs out and he came back to kick their ass again. He was the hero.

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talldayo|1 year ago

Pendulum swung both ways. Since the very beginning, Jobs was lying to Woz for free labor and ignoring his commercial success and professional input. Jobs' demeanor swung from blatantly incompetent to riotously enthusiastic, neither of which were patterns of behavior that improved Apple until his control was so diluted that he didn't matter anymore.

No complete account of Jobs can escape his horrible interpersonal reputation. Much as the modern account protests, his history was vitriol and struggle up to the very end. Heroize him at your own risk.