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While the various trust violations and other assholery bumped up Apple's profits, they hardly provide enough benefit on their own to be responsible for Apple's success.

Unless we find out that Steve Jobs went around holding a gun to people's heads to force everyone to buy iPods, iPhones and iPads.

I hope this isn't the only way to govern to be very successful.

Telecom companies do the same stuff as far as pushing the limits of the law and they are pretty universally reviled. Apple is successful because it provides things to people that they really want and like.

That would be convenient to some world views around HN but the hardware speaks for itself.

I would definitely tend to think its more towards pushing the limits of the law.

Didn't he get a salary of $1 a year without any backfire while CEOs of smaller companies tried it and got fined?

Depends on if you are willing to pay the fines to maintain your style.

> Didn't he get a salary of $1 a year without any backfire while CEOs of smaller companies tried it and got fined?

Yes, yes, no. It's very common and legal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-dollar_salary