>all of the technologies inside the iPhone were made possible by public spending on R&D That's a classic case of not seeing the wood for the trees. You're look

>all of the technologies inside the iPhone were made possible by public spending on R&D That's a classic case of not seeing the wood for the trees. You're looking at all the individual components and failing to see the significance of the composition. That's exactly the mistake Apple's competitors made at the time (except the Android team). All the iPhone's competitors contained all the same technologies you're talking about. There were even phones out there before them with capacitive touch screens. None of them changed things the way the iPhone did. >those people have succeeded in telling lies and stories that discredit the real innovators There are hours and hours of footage on Youtube of Steve Jobs talking as long as his voice held out about where individual ideas came from, who developed specific technologies and who in his team thought up this or that. Also many interviews with former Apple engineers and execs talking about his personal contributions. I truly, genuinely have no clue where you got this idea from. It's like you've invented a cartoon fantasy caricature of the world in you head populated by pulp novel villains. The reality is a lot more complicated and a lot more human.