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Part of me wishes Steve Jobs was still alive so he could see how this particular action was very much wrong. I admire a lot of his accomplishments, but this action seems very illegal.

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Steve jobs lied to his close friend Steve Wozniak about the payment from Atari in the 1970s so he could keep 90% of the money. His daughter was raised on welfare by a single mother for a period of time while he refused to help or acknowledge his paternity. He cheated early employees out of equity to such a degree that Wozniak gave some of his shares away to make up for it.

I can't see any reason to believe that if Jobs was still here today that he would suddenly become compassionate, caring or empathetic after showing none of those traits for 40 years.

I agree, I doubt he would.

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