It’s a cute story that plays into the same old assertions about Steve Jobs, but the conclusion is mostly baseless. There are many other, more credible, less conspiratorial, possible explanations.

Is that a test-run of Apples LLM?

It could have played into it though, but I agree the support contract that couldn't be worked out mentioned elsewhere in the thread is more likely.

But I think these things are usually a combination. When a business relationship sours, agreements are suddenly much harder to work out. The negotiators are still people and they have feelings that will affect their decisionmaking.