I don't have a dog in the fight, but "The man did not beat around the bush", is soft praise for his frankness. If you believe it was immoral and illegal, this

I don't have a dog in the fight, but "The man did not beat around the bush", is soft praise for his frankness. If you believe it was immoral and illegal, this is definitely spin. My take: "Steve Jobs likely broke the law, and engaged in an activity that denied thousands of engineers full market wages. I suspect his motivations were to enrich Apple to stroke his own ego."