I’ve never been a fan of Steve Jobs.
His reality distortion field always rubbed me the wrong way (is it really magical, Steve? Really?) and I always found the slavish devotees to all things Mac as a little pompous.
Yes, Apple makes some quality products, but I think their greatest achievement was to make purchasing electronics a way to make someone feel superior to others.
Bravo.
Consequently, I’ve always been annoyed with the hagiography of Steve Jobs, and if I hear someone else quote from his Stanford commencement address in the same hushed tones as a New Testament reading, I’m going to…well, nothing, because Apple won a long time ago.
But the world turns, and it turns out that Steve Jobs was a bit of a jerk, according to a recent memoir by his daughter.
Recently, Apple’s polish has faded a bit, and even Microsoft, long derided as uncool and the “evil empire”, seems newly resurgent, briefly beating Apple’s valuation last year.
My how the world turns.
But all my annoyance aside, I have to give Steve Jobs a little credit: he didn’t let his kids use Apple devices.
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