Why Steve Jobs Didn't Have A License Plate

Steve Jobs was known for having many strange habits, one of which was not having a license plate on his car. And his reason for this is equally as strange.
In the state of California, there used to be a loophole where a new car could be driven without a permanent license plate for up to six months.
Jobs took advantage of this by leasing a new silver Mercedes-Benz every six months. Each time the lease term approached the six-month limit, he would return the car and lease an identical model.

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"Emotionally handicapped" Absulte savage

[@SpongeB00b_is_a_savage]

i thought it was for physically handicapped 😂

[@Rammyrich]

You probably say “sigma” unironically

[@russellhorsefield9199]

Emotionally handicapped might be very savage but I love it.

[@Gizzardx0]

says the guy that can't spell 'absolute'

[@RMJJ91]

Code word for being an asshole

[@Skelig]

"soaked feet in public toilets" hol' up tf

[@YoutubeChannel-my6sw]

@ARandomDudeinU.S 0:08

[@PineappleOnPizza69]

@ARandomDudeinU.Shanging out with Gates

[@Spacedog_42]

It’s true. He would do that as a stress reliever.

[@danielduckq]

@ARandomDudeinU.S probably from walter isaacson's biography book steve jobs

[@SimonBauer7]

yeah he killed himself essentially.

[@AlainHubert]

In other words: Steve Jobs might have been a marketing genius but in everyday life he was a jerk.

[@MissiFull]

Yes, but I would say that is a consequence. I will speed because I dont wanna lose time. Without licensed plate because yolo. Idk...

[@cycleistic1365]

Or antisocial psychopath, to put it more precise.

[@jyobrix4720]

@@cycleistic1365brokie

[@paulbarclay4114]

@@cycleistic1365 no thats not accurate he wasnt a psychopath, and probably had some kind of borderline personality disorder but dont exxagerate to make a point most extremely talented people are very abnormal in a variety of ways

[@cycleistic1365]

​@@paulbarclay4114 Well, let's say stating him being a psychopath is an overstatement as much as calling him a plain 'jerk' is an understatement, so.

[@notrottenapple]

SOAKED FEET IN WHAT

[@keyb]

Public Toilets? It’s pretty common here in the united states

[@someguywhodoesntupld]

since when the absolute shit did this start

[@alexandru_18]

@@keybno it’s not.

[@lumberjackdreamer6267]

@@LambdaMiscellaneous I do that all the time. It’s just water. Very convenient to freshen up on a summer day.

[@elchimpo9590]

Yeah then he nibbled on his toenails after dinner. I seen it

[@snappycattimesten]

Jean Louie called it. Jobs was pretentious and entitled. It shortened his life because he refused to follow medical advice.

[@ariffin128]

yeah he belive in traditional medicine if im not mistaken

[@Weepecket]

The five year survival rate for pancreatic cancer was less than 10% at that time.

[@jeffpro8]

He actually had a rare form of pancreatic cancer that was treatable however though he chose to not go with conventional treatments. He did regret it later once this condition advanced. It was already too late.

[@slam5]

@@Weepecket it depends on which form of pancreatic cancer. and in his case, it was neuroendocrine tumor and treatable if caught early. even in those days.

[@Antney-u6j]

Precisely which medical advice does anything at all for pancreatic cancer?

[@James-ol6rw]

What? A billionaire that thinks the rules don’t apply to him? Impossible!

[@jordanwardle11]

He didn't think they didn't apply to him, they didn't

[@necksquad3222]

​@@jordanwardle11Unless they instituted a progressive fine system based on your income like they have in Finland. A guy got a $130k speeding ticket.

[@chrism9493]

@@jordanwardle11except for the rules of biology.

[@Thunder_Dome45]

​@@jordanwardle11 that's true. Do you know what would happen to anybody else who honked at a cop, smarted off like that, and then drove like that?

[@MikeW-xs8rf]

@@jordanwardle11he is in the ground now and I’m still alive enjoying life. Sucks to be him now I guess.

[@Nabbit._]

I was not ready for the fact that Steve jobs soaked his feet in public toilets 💀😭

[@Alvxx123]

same

[@Entertainment-]

He also thought vegetables could cure his cancer and disregarded common medical consensus.

[@TheMaan2008]

Right?? Same!

[@danieldaly8489]

Are you sure he didn't soak his head in the toilet !! What an asshole !!

[@-bigChungusVerified]

@@dangerchicken6943soaking feet in toilet was a first world tradition

[@theothernodude3139]

I had a friend who worked with Steve. He said that he would fire you on the spot if he caught you following him, and that you can only talk to him if he talked to you first.

[@TheDMChannelPerplexity]

So if you fell down the stairs and broke your leg you could only inform Steve if he talked to you about something else first?

[@necksquad3222]

​@@TheDMChannelPerplexityworkman's comp I guess

[@MitchellKJones]

​@@TheDMChannelPerplexity If you'd bought AppleCare+ there was a slight chance he might let you speak first here.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

Surprised that California is an at-will state, because I thought it was more progressive than that.

[@pearpo]

That is how power works. Some people have to be trained.

[@saltedfruitguy]

Greg, this video was better than what you’ve done in the past few because you’re including actual pictures and telling a historical story. Takes me back to your old videos. I loved it. Thank you so much!

[@nicholashoi3155]

I second this

[@saltedfruitguy]

Right?! Pictures and a historical recap just feels so much more personal and interesting than animations

[@Gabriel-i77]

I’m sorry, “Soaked feet in public toilets”? Did I read that correctly?

[@70smebbin]

Gross

[@Hybrid225]

Yep, it was also in the Jobs movie in 2015

[@Gabriel-i77]

@@Hybrid225 I didn’t watch the movie and I was going to, but I think I won’t now… that’s just disgusting.

[@Jack_McCourt01]

@@Hybrid225I can't even begin to imagine the look on the actor's face when told he needed to do that.

[@lumberjackdreamer6267]

@@Gabriel-i77 I do that all the time. It’s just water. Very convenient to freshen up on a summer day.

[@kwe_]

It's always those weirdos who succeed. Treat your nerds properly fellas, you don't wanna regret it

[@realquadmoo]

If this is how succeeding weirdos behave then nah

[@IrrationalDelusion]

You won’t get a bit of their success 😂

[@FarahHassanMir]

NOT Always, some people who are successful are just weirdos

[@meatbleed]

not quite. always the successful who turn weird. as if they realized they are the same dogshit human they were before they had money, so they act worse

[@NormansWorldMovies]

5th

[@PlayerEngineer]

Up next: why steve jobs is the main character

[@xXmlgamingXx355]

He kinda was the main character for a while, tbh. There was a time when the entire tech industry was at his whim.

[@LoveStrangeDr]

Was*

[@snakesonn3590]

Are you a homosexual?

[@rumourplays]

​@@xXmlgamingXx355true. But his very attitude lead to his demise

[@xXmlgamingXx355]

@@rumourplays yeah, true. His cancer was actually caught pretty early, but he decided to go for alternative care instead of regular chemo because… reasons.

[@TheLordOfNothing]

Steve Jobs lived by Think Different--and it came back to bite him in the end.

[@2022_temporary]

with alternative medicine oncology treatment

[@TheLordOfNothing]

@@2022_temporary We'd probably still have one of the greatest men in the world if he had just had surgery when he was diagnosed.

[@CybernerdShua]

​@@TheLordOfNothing"Greatest men in the world" I mean... He took up accomodation spaces and drove recklessly, among many other crummy things. Overall, he was a pretty terrible person who just happened to get successful by knowing how to use other people's work to his own advantage.

[@2022_temporary]

@@CybernerdShua true

[@danek_hren]

​@@CybernerdShua same with tim cook rn

[@IntegraDIY]

0:35 that barcode is nothing more than a VIN. The manufacturer puts it behind the license plate

[@JezzaTheChamp]

Not on most cars unless Cali cars are weird and do it.

[@IntegraDIY]

⁠​⁠@@JezzaTheChampMost cars from the 90s to recent have a VIN sticker on every single removable body panel. To help identify stolen parts, and to see if a vehicle has any body parts that are not original. Mercedes Benz puts that long barcode behind the license plate, I’ve seen many with it

[@WestCoastAce27]

Yes. We got a piece of paper that was taped to the inside of the front window. A few yrs ago they switched and it’s now a paper license plate - Jobs would have lost his 💩

[@giorgio.]

@@JezzaTheChamp It's common on German cars. Mercedes and BMW have bar codes in that location, it's the VIN.

[@techguy6241]

What on earth is that parking at the top right 1:45 😭😭

[@martingardens]

The old Apple HQ at One Infinity Loop, Cupertino.

[@filpaul]

So, did Steve get cancer from breathing all those new car fumes from outgassing plastic?

[@jackietreehorn8527]

Hahahahahahahahahaha...

[@Orlando_Steve]

Could be.

[@ObamaoZedong]

That and breathing in lead solder fumes.

[@tastethedifferencecheese]

forget the soaking feet in toilets, its the lack of furniture that got me

[@guest9445]

Who tf sleeps without a bed

[@qedro]

​@@guest9445 Steve Jobs and homeless people

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

This man is why California now has temporary license plates for new/used car purchases. You're welcome....

[@xocomaox]

This couldn't be further from the truth. He died in 2011. They enacted the temporary plate law in 2016. He didn't change anything about the laws, especially while he was abusing the loophole.

[@christ2381]

It’s crazy that there was this loophole.

[@danc2014]

The massive number of unpaid tolls led to the temp plate. 6 months was the legal time but others went years without them

[@xmo552]

That started because of people avoiding tolls.

[@halfbakedproductions7887]

There are also now _federal_ laws governing organ transplants because he put himself on the waiting list in multiple jurisdictions.

[@davidjacobs6244]

Jobs thought he was above everybody else.Truth is,he wasn’t.He was not a nice person.

[@CybernerdShua]

Bingo!

[@matthew.m.stevick]

Really?

[@davidjacobs6244]

@@matthew.m.stevick Yep.

[@LeftJoystick]

Are you insinuating his methods didn’t work? He was very clearly above everyone else lol

[@IntegraDIY]

@@matthew.m.stevickhe asked a girl employee to get him a coffee, she was running late by accident and fired her ☕️

[@ToiletGrenade]

Will you be making videos on the other weird habits? I knew about the fruit and license plate ones but know nothing about the others.

[@JBoy340a]

He did the same thing at Pixar after Apple. There he had one particular parking spot and there was always a silver Mercedes coupe with no plates in the spot every time I walked by.

[@alexsystems2001]

That small barcode is just a vin tag… that is put on I believe at the factory.

[@DST.73]

When he worked at Atari he wouldn't shower for days/weeks at a time. Smelled routinely of B/O.

[@johnwilburn]

Sounds like a real piece of work. I’m one of his enablers, though….. I’m watching and commenting on an iPhone.

[@gregritferdjr]

Bruh cancer almost had to teach him a lesson☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@Dingus_Tech]

No just no

[@manart6506]

Cancer doesn’t work like that.

[@gregritferdjr]

@@Dingus_Tech ratio

[@Tru3Times]

The crazy thing it didn’t. I don’t believe he did regular treatments for cancer. I think he took a homeopathic route. He was different till the end lol.

[@MattyH64]

Keyword: Almost.

[@johnprouty6583]

I heard from a friend who worked at Apple back then that someone placed a note on Jobs’ car that read “Park Different”. True or not, it was funny.

[@mundea]

hope you're having a good day, Greg

[@J276]

After 10 years, this was worth the wait.

[@WesternSouthDakotaRailfan2006]

Soaked feet in the toilet wtf

[@rahil6455]

Could he not just make a CEO parking spot 😭😭

[@cooper8318]

D bags want to take whats not theirs just to be a D bag

[@steevthetech]

He also always parked in our executive parking, lot in the handicap spots. He also rear ended an employees car in front of IL1.

[@naka-YAYA-plaza]

I just saw a picture of Greg and its NOT what I expected him to look like.

[@TheSouthIsHot]

Where did you see a picture of Greg?

[@naka-YAYA-plaza]

@@TheSouthIsHot Google, “Greg Apple explained” and he’s under images

[@Aashishkebab]

He has videos with his face

[@Paniekzaaiertje]

The dude really thought he was above the law and it cost him his life

[@WestCoastAce27]

Not just above the law, the Chosen One. Total delusions of grandeur.

[@youngbrutus4901]

I mean he did believe he could beat cancer without going to the doctor so

[@KazrBrekker]

This where the philosophy of Apple being different attitude comes in

[@bmunson76]

The fact that he didn’t have his own parking spot and chose to use a handicap spot shows what kind of person he was.

[@jamescrock2213]

A war hero

[@mikemiller659]

@@jamescrock2213 no

[@DavidWarrior360]

Errm, I don’t know if Steve Jobs is my hero anymore…

[@cactaceous]

Wait until all the dirt on Elon Musk eventually comes out. That is truly a malignant narcissist with far worse behaviors towards other than a jobs. Con man fraud.

[@DPoner]

Wuss

[@X-Prime123]

Yehhh, better find yourself someone else...other than toilet-hippy-man.

[@Vebrack]

the cop ticket story has me dying 😭

[@Mario81587]

The barcode is not in place of the license plate. Mercedes puts a barcode there with the VIN above it on all of their cars and has done this for decades.

[@bdoginit]

I live in Palo Alto and trust me it just made him stand out more 😂

[@Gilster85]

Steve Jobs believed soaking his feet in Apple headquarters toilets helped relieve stress and stimulate his creative thinking.

[@tontschsven9480]

1:52 Craig was holding his laught 😂😂

[@maggimix2]

There is a widely circulated anecdote about Steve Jobs soaking his feet in a company toilet. According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, he did indeed have a habit of soaking his feet in the toilet to relieve stress. This story has become part of the lore surrounding Jobs' unconventional behavior and eccentricities. However, it’s important to note that this behavior was described as happening in the private bathrooms at Apple’s offices, not in public restrooms. This distinction is crucial in understanding the context of the story and its setting within his workplace.

[@socal33]

I worked as a motorcycle officer in Cupertino at the time. We were quite familiar with Jobs' car when we saw it on the road. One day my partner brought his iPhone to the store that's on the first floor of the main building and was getting off his bike when Steve Jobs walked up and asked him what could he do to help. He got the iPhone working the way it should for him. This being the 1st generation iPhone. I later worked at Apple in Global Security and was there when he passed.

[@ObamaoZedong]

Add that to the list of things that never happened.

[@socal33]

@@ObamaoZedong Frankly, don't care if you believe it.

[@user-lu6yg3vk9z]

Did he smell? Heard he didn’t shower.

[@GunnyPhillips]

Entitled rich CEO's? Now that's new.

[@RolandGustafsson]

The ironic thing is I pretty easily figured out where he lived (quant upscale neighborhood in Palo Alto) and one evening when I was in that area drove by his house and sure enough, there was the silver Mercedes with no plate. (This was 2007 or so) Oh, and in early 2000s I visited Apple and saw his car in that handicap spot! I was there for a special game developer preview of Mac OS X, I believe 2000. All good times.

[@mrfood3408]

Next Video Idea: Why do iPhones don’t have the custom engraving

[@MubashirullahD]

We'd park in the handicap spot in uni too if the guard wouldn't let you get away with it. It was unused parking space. Later on they expanded the space.

[@GasPipeJimmy]

Spoken like a true Arab

[@NoPrivateProperty]

God fixed him

[@aryadipta_bph]

That's a nice phrase "Emotionally Handicapped" haha!

[@fordprefect80]

Seems like he was approaching Howard Hughes weirdness.

[@Nosurrender0]

“Instead a small barcode in its place” Mercedes cars all have that bar code. Super deep research.

[@AlawiKD999]

So he was arrogant !

[@keaton718]

It also helped his mythos. He needed to strike the right balance of his employees being scared of him but able to feel like they can be honest and have the drive to achieve their tasks. Having his own employees see every day proof that Jobs believed rules don't matter may have been part of his whole persona. The rules (i.e. conventions) didn't matter, only making the best products did. Following the rules almost bankrupt Apple under that Pepsi guy.

[@RedRiotRBLX]

First

[@MindofMatter]

The barcode is not a substitute for a plate or anything like that. Mercedes puts those barcodes on at the factor on all cars of that era to identify the cars for production and delivery purposes, not a state of California thing

[@MartianSolarbuddy]

I met Jobs in early ‘77 when he was doing an Apple II demo at a computer store in Cincinnati. What a complete jerk. I asked him why the Apple II did not use a character generator, and his response was, “Only a complete moron would use a character generator.” I found out decades later that he may have been referring to the Woz, who definitely wanted a character generator in the Apple II.

[@fanjapanischermusik]

jobs basically was an asshole.

[@667SatansNeighbor]

Aaaaaand... he's dead now. Where his flesh rots with everyone else's.

[@Lakshya417]

I am interesting to watch more videos about Jobs‘ others Strange Habits.

[@TheAmbientUniverse]

When I become a billionaire I'm going to force the federal government to tax the absolute fair and balanced shit out of me. Why wouldn't I? They're the ones who gave me that opportunity to make hand over fist in the first place.

[@nicholasgeorge4156]

Restating the question as the answer doesn’t make them very smart. More rude than anything

[@mcfrisko834]

1:40 This actually pretty common for entitled rich people to do

[@kikarewind]

Amazing video as always! Amazing channel!

[@jimbobfisher8904]

Steve Jobs was driving like a maniac 😂

[@mezen6889]

what a despicable character

[@GadgetsArise]

I have so many things in common with Steve Jobs

[@ChargeHack]

Steve Jobs didn’t have a license plate because he didn’t want one, so he found a looophole.

[@hannes2289]

CEO needs to park on handicapped spots - wtf do you have no defined parking lots for all the c level managers at the nearest way inside the building -.- too much thinking different :D :D

[@hempcacaogoji831]

Like this comment if you also speed to work.

[@texasblaze1016]

He was a liberal. Of course he doesnt think the rules apply to him because they dont

[@thekillergamer5667]

Bro was a UTTP member 💀☠️💀

[@derchozenvun83]

The guy was a forerunner in corporate cyber terrorism by devoting his life to spamming viruses that didn't affect Apples. When a PC got a virus, it was quarantine; when an Apple got one it was terminal. The 2000s were interesting times to be the guy who liked to fix things. It's no wonder that he got legal exemptions.

[@mrfuriouser]

Cancer wasn't his biggest health problem, people. Especially those of you arguing whether it was treatable. In his condition, probably not.

[@ProJanitor]

Make sure you release the public toilets video last

[@JamesLawner]

I think the feet soaking thing sounds more interesting than the licence plate thing 😳

[@Butterscotch_96]

The smartest people can sometimes do the dumbest things.

[@CuLozus]

hard to say he was the smartest

[@RayNLA]

Doug Demuro killed the California license plate loophole!

[@RudieObias]

Geez, what a jerk! 🙄

[@MeronOppa]

Rich people often think laws don’t apply to them.

[@dukeofdevon5608]

Jobs the original freeman of the land

[@firelaway]

life karma'd him pretty good

[@Spencer-x6f]

I figured he was just emulating Timothy Mcvey.

[@justapplepi3]

Please make video on other weird habits of steve jobs like having no furniture etc.

[@mikethespike7579]

Jobs never accepted anything that inconvenienced him. Jobs: "I want a mobile with a touch screen that I can use as a camera". Apple engineer: "Impossible boss" Jobs: "then make it possible or I'll find some else to do it for me."

[@mat_jov]

My dad used to drive with no plate for up to two years (when he got another car) in order to use the fastrak in los Angeles without paying

[@YAZZYUTUBE]

Another narcissist who believed he was above the law.

[@Bess2k2]

We need a video on the other things on the list lol

[@bmz4]

this honestly just seems to me like he was trying to be a hardcore contrarian. at least he wasnt as bad with it as musk is right now.

[@JoBot__]

I would probably end up eating nothing but fruit for weeks if nobody stopped me.

[@iosdeals]

the story for years was that his license plate got stolen within a week of getting it, so he chose the 6month grace period as solution instead.

[@Whoareyoucalling]

Visionary or not the man was just out of touch with reality specifically with personal hygiene. He believed that his vegan diet meant he didn’t need to use deodorant or shower for weeks at a time.

[@JunkionMarnot2005]

Damn. Yeah, our icon was a butt. 🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ Good one Greg ❤

[@CareLessWasTaken]

Makes sense

[@Antney-u6j]

I don’t care if you’re Steve Jobs or God himself, parking in a space reserved for the handicapped when you don’t need it is a genuine asshole move.

[@GermanCarGuyMN]

I’m glad the founder of my favorite tech company has the same favorite car company as me

[@notaseamonkey]

Do you soak your feet in public toilets as well? 🤔

[@mr.stonerUDX714]

yeah pretty funny Mercedes was making the death furnace's for nazi germany during the war great F en car company lol

[@biggysmoovemusic7777]

I love your video editing! How can I learn to make videos like this?

[@mcdouche2]

Soak your computer in a public toilet.

[@williamyeong69]

It’s my office, I park wherever I like.

[@alaeriia01]

Of course Jobs was a sovcit.

[@alberteinsteinthejew]

Why don’t you explain the soaked feet thingy?