Finding a loophole in the system and working out a shortened lease length with a dealership on a $100K car is not a very strong example of a "vain egomaniac". I could also easily argue here a certain "hacker spirit", and that Jobs really valued his privacy.

Would you say the same about people who pay for VPN services to mask their IP address while browsing online?

I'd suggest reading the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. Humans are complex creatures and a distilled one sentence summation rarely does us justice.

Consider this: you are sharing a popular opinion so poorly that people are reacting negatively.

Put another way, it is not contradictory that a human act shitty in some (or even many ways) but also experience awe and humility.

I bet getting fired from your own company, having a few kids, and surviving a couple near-death experiences will do a number on your ego.

Edwin Catmull, founder of pixar, said that Steve jobs really mellowed out in his later years.

I don't know, to me it seems pretty hollow, like something the character Gavin Belson in "Silicon Valley" would do to virtue signal to himself to stroke his own ego. Words don't cost anything, especially to yourself.

I'm not too surprised. The people with the highest highs often have the lowest lows.

I am driving cars I have never built.