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Great reputation? Genies are known for not granting the wish as the wisher implies but twisting the meaning of the words used to cause the wisher harm. They don't have a great rep.
What about all the Genies that were reshaped from Disney and stuff and now have a rep of being good spirits.
I think you've answered your own question. The Disney Aladdin variant of the genie left a huge pop culture footprint. Not like it was the first benign genie, but got a lot of exposure.
However that runs parallel with the other sort of genie that grants wishes not as intended. That interpretation has never gone away.
Even in "I Dream of Jeannie" the granted wishes never worked out.
Disney is quite well known for reforging somewhat morbid and macabre tales into more palatable versions. If you haven't I'd suggest looking into the brothers grimm (ideally not the movie.)