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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Like many other hippie capitalists of his vintage, Jobs had to see himself as a rebel: as being in an adversarial position to the ladder he'd already ascended, to his competitors and to the market he wished to manipulate. It wasn't an accident that Apple Inc. began with phone phreaking any more than Jobs' fetish for black turtleneck sweaters (the pivot chord between hitman casual and Igor Stravinsky's beret) should have been a surprise.
One problem is that justifying a monopoly as the celebration of recalcitrant individuality invites caginess and exploitation. The person who embraces that idea is thinking like a double agent whether they see themselves as dishonest or not.
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