Of course not, but it's salesmanship that buffs up the good side and distracts from the bad. We say that people don't realise that app stores are anti-competitive, or that they're been stalked for advertising hints, but that's not strictly true. They've been convinced that those things aren't important, and even that anyone concerned with them is to be looked down on.

With salesmanship, all the points you state could be turned around into facing challenges against the odds etc etc. We don't even know how to take failure anymore unless it's dressed up this way. Successful people fail sometimes. Apple got bailed out by Microsoft. Google buzzed/waved/plussed. Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying/selling.