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Your comment is unsubstantiated, but okay. It is extremely unpopular on HN to like Steve Jobs for some reason. The way reputation works is that if you're extrem
by anonytrary 6y ago
Your comment is unsubstantiated, but okay. It is extremely unpopular on HN to like Steve Jobs for some reason. The way reputation works is that if you're extremely rude to 100 people but are helpful for millions, people will still remember you as an asshole. People only see the mistakes, not the overwhelming successes, and that is an empirical fact, turned proverb at this point...
- Razengan 6y agoAlso see Tall Poppies There’s this thing, or entity, that seemingly everyone is talking about. If I can point out even one contrary thing about it, I win. (or feel like I have)
- huhtenberg 6y agoThere's a whole book that substantiates this. Commissioned by Jobs himself no less.
- refurb 6y agoIf you’re a dick, it doesn’t matter how successful you are, you’re still a dick.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoIt's perfectly acceptable to both like a company's products and dislike the person at the helm.