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• Steve Jobs faked full signal strength and swapped devices during the first iPhone demo due to fragile prototypes and bug-riddled software.

• Engineers got drunk during the presentation to calm their nerves.

• Despite the challenges, Jobs successfully completed the 90-minute demonstration without any noticeable issues.

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[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 77 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Not saying all these necessarily apply to Steve jobs but I really hate how capitalism gratifies liars, fakers, cheaters, egomaniacs, narcissists, psychopaths and selfish exploiters in general.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

You say that like there’s a single system in the history of the world which doesn’t. Capitalism isn’t novel with regard to humans taking advantage of one another.

[–] Copernican@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You think that's limited to capitalism?

Edit. Not sure why downvoted. But also, despite the controlled nature of the demo, didn't apple kind of deliver on the marketing to an acceptable degree?

Also, think of the self proclaimed communist leaders projecting how they solve all society's problems, or will do so, without any proof of concept.

[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, it's not limited to capitalism of course but it's especially rewarded in capitalism. I did not downvote though, your comment is fine to me.