Pedantry really has no place here. The question was whether Apple would exist as it is (i.e., as successful as it is) if Jobs were not an asshole. It was not wh

Pedantry really has no place here. The question was whether Apple would exist as it is (i.e., as successful as it is) if Jobs were not an asshole. It was not whether it would exist at all if he didn't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.