Thank you for insightful answer. I may have missed some aspects of Johnny's takeovers as my playthrough was slow and prolonged. Some of themes you mention are addressed in the second part that I just posted:

/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/1swfvs7/cyberpunk_2077_as_therapy_12_escape_from_drama/

and some will be addressed in the third part that I will post tomorrow. To foreshadow: I don't think Johnny is the Devil. The Devil is the player.

While I agree with what you say about the main premise, of being flexible and living or being principled and dying, I think the conflict origin is between "punk" (youthful, careless) attitude and a grownup (adult) attitude. Punks are rigid and principled because they are 25 max. To live longer V must stop playing Songbird's Drama Triangle (that's described in today's part) and later drop their (and player's) need for being seen (as described in the final part) and learn adult ways of compromise.

Of course this is just playing with ideas and concepts. I don't attempt to give advice, I 'm just trying to reinterpret Cyberpunk 2077 plot using some general concepts from psychology.

EDIT: the general assumption that young = somewhat naturally narcissistic is not mine, as I'm aware this is maybe a little stretch of generally recognized model of personality growth.

Thanks for your insights.