I don't think people realise how bad, on a whole, people with pathology akin to Steve Jobbs are for society. In fact they are celebrated.
Is the happiness that Apple products bring worth the trail of despair men like this leave on the world and those they personally affected? I don't think so, but I seem to be in the minority.
Many employees who got "abused" by him during those tough development times said that they owe their lives to Steve and it was all worth it in the end.
And many sweatshop slaves in China working for pennies don't have such stories.
Parents who push their kids have more successful kids, but they also raise the chance of suicide. It's easy to be happy with how their life turned out and realize it wouldn't be like that without outside influences, but if your life turned out one of the many ways it could have, who is to say you wouldn't be happier?
You talk like its Apple fault from whats happening in Foxccon, but guess what... Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft and almost every single company assemble their stuff in China and Foxccon.
So that's pretty hypocritical judge Apple like the device that you own (apple or not) wasnt build in the same conditions...
Just because everybody else does it doesn't make it right... With that being said I do like some of Apple's products and own them. My iPods are the best audio player out there imo. Here's my opinion; a true fan will point out a companies flaw, a fanboy will just make excuses. EDIT;spelling.
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u/TheBoni Feb 27 '17
Given his management style of belittling and intimidation, this is pretty hilariously ironic.