I think this revisionist history is accidental, but the five point touchscreen was invented at a university by grad students not apple

Jobs might have convinced apple to have a vision, but it didn’t mean they invented all the pieces out of thin air. Timing in tech was just right

Or rather, because Steve took great care not to hire the bozos most companies are staffed with. This is an extremely difficult and underappreciated thing to do, and Steve himself failed spectacularly at it on at least one occasion (which probably made him even more cautious).