Apple bends a knee to wacko Brit backdoor demand. UK users, kiss your data goodbye.

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2. IMO, real innovation passed with Steve Jobs.

And so did courage.

Even his pranks showed some chutzpah.

One well-known quirk about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was that he never had a California tag affixed to his Mercedes — something made possible through a legal loophole.

California vehicle laws stipulate(d) that anyone with a brand-new car has a maximum of six months to affix a license plate to their vehicle. This loophole was utilized by Jobs, according to ITWire, to avoid putting a plate on his car.

"Jobs made an arrangement with the leasing company; he would always change cars during the sixth month of the lease, exchanging one silver Mercedes SL55 AMG for another identical one," author David Heath revealed. "At no time would he ever be in a car as old as six months, and thus there was no legal requirement to have the number plates fitted."

The loophole was closed.