Why Steve Wozniak Left Apple

[@RuruFIN]

Woz is without a doubt one of the most underrated people when thinking about the history of modern computing. Hella mad respect to him.

[@LuvHrtZ]

Yes, and Jay Glenn Miner.

[@thilinadhanapala1399]

In a way i think that is what he intends as well

[@davidorama6690]

When you consider how he brought the Apple ][ to fruition basically alone and by hand...

[@infopackrat]

Of course the most underrated person in computing is professor Douglas Engelbart from SRI. His team invented the mouse, bitmapped graphics and the GUI in the 1960s. Talk about being ahead of your time.

[@yoursubconscious]

most people who have made great changes regularly are, sadly.

[@MrBibi86]

*Woz is the polar opposite of Jobs. he seems so caring and warm*

[@rolandhazuki8787]

That means is better Steve than other Steve

[@TheDeathmail]

Jobs didn't seem that harsh... but he was someone that would sometimes not seem to understand the other side well. When he was practically forced to leave the company, it's because he tried to sell the product at a competitive price, but the issue was he wasn't thinking of the production cost and the cost for all that experimentation and design. Apple would have lost money. Contrary to popular belief, Apple products aren't as over priced as they seem. It's just that they often have some technologies that people wouldn't care about or some people just didn't need the more expensive computers that Apple sold. In fact, most techtubers who even aren't the biggest Apple fans think that Apple prices aren't too bad for the product, with the prices rising due to Smartphone companies just adding more and more to the product rather than it being merely more expensive. Like for me, a Macbook pro is probably the better computer, but a $400 computer did the job fine. But Steve actually tried to make the products as cheap as possible without thinking about the marketing and production cost. Or when he was for an open web standard instead of apps. He didn't think of the fact that App developers would have less incentive and a harder time earning money without a proper app system. Like, he knew that the free system he was thinking off was probably better for most consumers, but for the people creating the content, it kinda sucked. Jobs often had ideas of what was better without thinking about both sides. He wasn't always good at understanding the perspective of others. But he didn't seem to have actual bad intentions for people either; he wasn't as motivated by greed as he was by progress and innovation.

[@thevegastan]

Pretty evident from the photograph of the Apple 2 debut of the 2. One was smiling, the other was just looking fine for the camera.

[@topdog1128]

Why are people afraid to say it... The other Steve was a shrewd businessman...

[@darthvader5300]

@John Ashtone Steve Wozniak is LIGHT YEARS better that Steve Jobs for one good reason alone. Steve Wozniak cares more about engineering and product design and building based on a time-tested and time-proven principle embraced by all TRUSTWORTHY ENGINEERS. It is the KISS principle which is "Keep It Simple Stupid" which was once embraced by the U.S military and now abandoned which caused the military costly. Apple was on the verge of being AS SIMPLE AS LEGO BLOCKS with a DIY Do It Yourself engineering technical nature so that even a street sweeper with simple household hand tools of the early 1980s and 1970s and 1960s and 1950s and 1940s can tinker with. Steve Wozniak wants a tinkerable computer product ENGINEERED TO BE EASY TO TINKER WITH so that people can easily know it even better than either of them (the two men) and create a wealth of new ideas to add on to it. Steve Jobs evil greed got the better of himself. Cancer is Steve Jobs karma and his wealth cannot even save him one bit!

[@therealsnowwhite1937]

The fact that Woz expressed support for Louis Rossmann’s right to repair activism speaks volumes about how messed up Apple is as a company.

[@slob5041]

Apple is still Steve ethically.

[@genestone4951]

Linux + Intel chips are STILL the way to do things this many years later. At least Apple uses BSD now...although their users would never know it.

[@therealsnowwhite1937]

@@genestone4951 Or even care for that matter. All that matters to them is a device with a half-eaten apple logo on the back and that’s it.

[@swagmuffin9000]

Lol i was going to ask louis what he thought of this guy but maybe I won't now.

[@Megamanthemachine]

@@genestone4951apple was going to let unix and linux continue to improve but steve jobs wanted a more closed cooperate structure which didnt work out

[@triple7marc]

Woz is such a nice guy. He lives 10 minutes away from me and I always see him driving around in his Tesla with the license plate “Woz” along with his dogs hanging out the back seat windows. He waves at people and has visited my old high school several times, occasionally giving tips to the robotics team or just saying hi. He signed my old physics teacher’s Macintosh computer in 2000!

[@koli4213]

damn that’s sick dude

[@yeohgary191]

I thought Tesla are only for beginners.

[@ashupashu5559]

@@yeohgary191 beginners?

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I remember when his phone number was in the old San Jose phone book (remember those), and of course, Woz Way named after him.

[@MomMom4Cubs]

This, and anecdotes like it, beautifully represent why I find Woz to be overall a better person (let alone a better engineer) than Jobs

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

I always liked woz, since the first time I was made aware of him, decades ago, like he was the unsung hero who never got his due recognition. Always thought of him as just a good guy who happened to be very smart and creative.

[@metta2432]

Quiet rr peasant

[@awesomeprogrammerstudios2196]

Linus Torvalds was even more unsung. Linus created the Linux kernel and the Git protocol, two import pieces of modern servers. I use Linux and Git so often as a programmer.

[@neek01]

@@awesomeprogrammerstudios2196 I don't think Linus is unsung whatsoever. He always gets invited to any distro's conference even though those conferences have little to nothing to do with the linux kernel.

[@Ean256]

@@metta2432 what

[@rickpontificates3406]

I know EXACTLY how Woz felt. Being an engineer myself, it REALLY pisses me off when people try to take control over the projects that I pour my blood sweat and tears into designing.

[@gauravjha8938]

Very true... The whole intent to make a product is squashed when the basis of the whole idea to make the product in the first place are just asked to be changed for the whims of a salesman...

[@atta1798]

that technology had already been invented by Motorola the proximity sensor and the touch screen .....even the iTunes when Steve went to Motorola to spy ....

[@Ryanlexz]

I know right! Steve jobs get 90% of the credit

[@11onejay]

This guy will all ways be apple. Not jobs.

[@Ryanlexz]

@@11onejay exactly! Not jobs or Tim cook

[@emcee2555]

I have to say Steve Wozniak is one of the nicest guys out there. I was randomly at SFO airport coming back from a trip and there he was at baggage claim standing 10 feet away from me with his wife. I was too embarrassed to say Hello, and also I felt maybe he wants to be left alone. But then someone else noticed him and introduced themselves. He gladly took multiple photos with them and asked them how they were doing. Great guy, his wife was not amused. 😂 But nonetheless I think it speaks to how humble he is, and how much truth there is to the description this video gave.

[@DVankeuren]

You were not randomly at SFO airport, you landed there purposely because you were returning from a trip :P (just a friendly ribbing)

[@shaamilthattayil]

That was a good decision that you made: not bothering a “celebrity”. People aren’t usually that empathetic. Good job.

[@DJcyberslash]

@@shaamilthattayil You can talk to people. Don't be antisocial. No wonder most people live in mediocrity. So many random rules 🙄

[@user-pe2yx9kt4e]

@@DJcyberslash right?

[@jeanclaudethedarklord6205]

@@DJcyberslash why are you bashing him for being thoughtful? Even the nicest guy on the internet Keanu snapped because he got recognized so much that it became annoying and intrusive

[@TheLikeys]

Imagine how Apple might have looked if Wozniak was still there to this day.. a totally different apple and maybe even a better Apple?

[@alpha5124]

Apple Loyalists would disagree but you might be right... or wrong. Personally I have never liked Jobs strategy. He thinks He knows what's best for everyone

[@brendanlawrence3624]

@@alpha5124 I mean Jobs was right most of the time. He was very good at knowing what people want before they did lol. But it would certainly be interesting to see the direction the company would have taken if Wozniak was the prominent decision maker to this day.

[@Elrog3]

@@brendanlawrence3624 Apple doesn't actually know what people want. Its just good at marketing so people think they want it.

[@brendanlawrence3624]

@@Elrog3 I don’t think I’m saying exactly what I mean. I’m not talking about “want” necessarily. I mean that Steve Jobs saw potential in things that didn’t make sense to people at the time. Take the iPad for instance. There was no “need” or “want” for a device like that at the time. When it first came out, people thought it was pointless. A giant iPhone? That makes no sense. But in Steve Jobs mind, he saw it how we use it today. And he was right. He anticipated the need before we did.

[@signumxmagnum]

@@brendanlawrence3624 That's why he marketed that people need it, people wanted it, when they don't really need something like iPad.

[@quantumac]

Without Steve Wozniak, there wouldn't have been a product for Apple to sell. The original Apple computer was his baby. I met Woz once at an Apple ][ presentation he gave. He was a warm, personable guy. I never had the desire to meet Jobs, though.

[@RobertoStenger]

Wozniak left Apple because he was a genius, and realized that it was all a game of money and power. But his goal was to live! Steve Jobs continued in Apple because he wanted to have the narcissistic feeling of being a billionaire. And as history tells, he never get his hands on his money for living with pleasure. Today Wozniak still lives and has a "modest" fortune of 150 million dollars.

[@Articulatekarein]

I totally agree with your facts ☺️

[@kalimunda77]

And now Steve Jobs is dead! People should learn that it should not all be about money but rather about making our world (all people) better.

[@RobertoStenger]

@@kalimunda77 But Steve Jobs exaggerated in his miserliness! He himself said that if he had known the outcome of his life he would have done it differently.

[@ezioauditore5616]

I think.he got more than 150m, minimum 10b?

[@zetaconvex1987]

Thanks. I gave up on the video due to its rambling.

[@Marsalien100]

What a humble guy. So sad that Jobs took all the fame and glory and didn't even make the products that Wozniak envisioned. Wozniak knew what Apple was gonna become in the future. If he stayed in the company and took leadership it would've been a far better company for consumers.

[@d3meetsbobo]

Not sad at all. Woz never wanted fame and glory. He just wanted to make a great computer. Which he did. And now he has millions of dollars from Apple and his book and is able to enjoy his life.

[@Marsalien100]

@GENETIC BEAST They didn't steal the idea if Xerox never wanted to keep it. Xerox was foolish enough not to make it a consumer product.

[@prepecenihleb1679]

@GENETIC BEAST I think I recall something from his biography about Jobs making some sort of weird ass deal with xerox to take a look at the stuff they were developing to which they agreed for some reason

[@shrinivasmutalik7067]

@Genetic beast so true

[@Ryanlexz]

@@d3meetsbobo now apple have become a greedy company who only care about profit

[@TechOutAdam]

In short Woz got screwed and no one gave him credit. Lisa didn't even know who he was. Now that is FUBAR.

[@TechOutAdam]

@Galavant When the world thinks of Apple, you're joking if you say they think of Woz and not Steve Jobs. Go back and study how business works and see Woz got no credibility or the amount of pay he deserved.

[@tobytoyota6936]

@@TechOutAdam most people that buy iphones don't even know who Steve Jobs is

[@daki025]

It's funny how even back then Jobs wanted only two slots. It would be good if Apple started implementing more of a Wozniak way of thinking into their laptops and add more ports. Great video. Always wondered why Wozniak left Apple.

[@daki025]

@@hunterjayfilm The thing is that the wireless audio technology was advanced enough at that time to fully replace the wired audio devices, and Apple did take the first step. It's good that they did. Now here an example for computers. For my personal laptop two ports are more then enough, however for my work laptop i need much more then that. If they have a lineup of Pro devices, then in my opinion those should have features that are necessary for professional work.

[@MrCaps-sq4bk]

@@daki025 True, the Mac line in general is starting to fix itself up, MacBook Air would be the laptop for everyone, while MacBook Pro line, will include more ports and features that a professional or a person looking for something more will appreciate. Like SD reader, HDMI and features that someone will appreciate it. Same for desktops like iMac and Mac Pro and other desktops.

[@DrMerkwuerdigliebe89]

@@daki025 At least according to rumors the new pro devices will be exactly that.

[@brandurhansen2099]

@@hunterjayfilm what. Oppo started the trend to ditch the jack. Then leEcco with the le 2 series and then the first moto z. And finally the iPhone 7. So people need to stop with the apple lies.

[@alpha5124]

@@brandurhansen2099 don't worry Apple loyalists prefer the lie over the truth any day

[@elbart100]

To me Wozniak is the man who actually succeeded :) He has passion and valued the engineering, discovery, amazement, pure science part of the whole project... Jobs wanted money, control, etc... so much that at the end he was so self centered that he did not listen and thought he was in control of cancer... I am sorry and do not envy Jobs in any way. I respect and give my blessings to Wozniak, thank you.

[@sparthacuster]

Yeah the guy started raw juice thetapy as if thats a cure to ANYTHING Noooot

[@davidwong7283]

yes and he is still Alive .

[@VideoNOLA]

When I listen to stories like this, I strongly feel that Steve Jobs owed Woz a string of apologies... apologies that I'm quite sure never came. Having vision is often not enough.

[@malig8622]

Jobs conned Woz when woz was promised a certain amount from the video game woz made that Jobs sold

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Steve Wozniak is a great guy whose living the life he wanted. Just look at him, he's so cheery as if stress even avoids him.

[@jerryli5555]

“Steve Jobs played no role at all in any of my designs of the Apple I and Apple II computer and printer interfaces and serial interfaces and floppy disks and stuff that I made to enhance the computers. He did not know technology. He’d never designed anything as a hardware engineer, and he didn’t know software. He wanted to be important, and the important people are always the business people. So that’s what he wanted to do.” iwoz said.

[@abdirasaqali7775]

Exactly he didn't design shit

[@thefoolishgmodcube2644]

"You can't write code. You're not an engineer. You're not a designer. You can't hit a hammer to a nail. So why do I read everyday that Steve is a genius? What do you do?" -Woz from an alternate universe

[@thefoolishgmodcube2644]

@@abdirasaqali7775 That's a quote from the Steve Jobs movie

[@gasun1274]

@@abdirasaqali7775 he's a shifty capitalist. probably because his syrian arab dad left him to fend for himself and his white mom put him up for adoption. it's that spite towards his biological parents.

[@leftyfourguns]

When Jobs worked at Atari, he gave all his assignments (working on different arcade boards and stuff) to Wozniak, who did it all himself. In fact Wozniak maybe did too good of a job, because his arcade boards were so efficient that other engineers had trouble replicating them. Of course Jobs still took all the credit.

[@zarndt2134]

Every Jobs has a Woz, and I feel like people need to remember this.

[@dirtyharry1881]

You mean that every good salesman has someone actually making the product so the salesman can position himself in the power position? Yes. Every salesman needs the creative genius behind him, in order to have something to sell. We agree on that.

[@Enigmatism415]

Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, etc.

[@JoeSchmo680]

@@dirtyharry1881 if you believe Jobs best attribute is a sales person, you don’t get Apple. It’s like how a lot of people misplace Apple’s success as “they’re only successful because they have good marketing”

[@sorvex9]

@@dirtyharry1881 To be fair, Steve jobs was the artist and the programmers were just the tools,

[@tomfrank2115]

@@sorvex9 I think you dont understand how IT works.

[@FRESHCULTURESTUDIOS]

Steve Wozniak is one of the greatest minds and hearts of our time. He deserves much more credit than people give him. He is the heart of Apple and gave up much of his own shares of Apple to other team members that helped to make Apple a success that Steve Jobs originaly cut out. When I got to meet Steve and his wife they were the most kind and humble people that I have every met. Much love and respect to the WOZ

[@DeerJerky]

And since then, Apple has only gotten more closed and more money hungry... ugh Let's hope we can get right to repair passed, even Steve Wozniak is onboard with it

[@kirakakashi9445]

Then don't buy. If some one is buying even after they know that Apple is getting more closed, THAT MEANS that their product has no issue. The issue is with the hypocrite which here, is the consumer. These type of consumer buys Apple products, and say "Apple is getting closed. They are making world a bad place". Its like funding terrorists and saying terrorism is bad.

[@DeerJerky]

@@kirakakashi9445 Great because I don't even have an apple id

[@skyMcWeeds]

We need more Woz videos, people need to know the man, one of the most brilliant minds in tech. Steve Jobs was the face of Apple, Steve Woz was the heart and soul.

[@geoattoronto]

And the genius mind.

[@kirakakashi9445]

Isn't face the index of heart and the soul ?

[@JimNichols]

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak summed up in every picture you shared, Steve Wozniak smiling broadly and happy while Steve Jobs sulked.

[@MineHarderYTPS]

2:34

[@MarcosRavena]

And this is why Wozniak is greater than Jobs! He even cried during an interview remembering when Jobs cheated him while they were developing a game for Atari. “He was my friend and I would make that for free.”

[@francisjtuk]

However if the money didn't matter to him why was he bothered ?

[@firdousalam1674]

@@francisjtuk Imagine you spend hours to select a gift for your friend and when you give him he sold it for money

[@francisjtuk]

@@firdousalam1674 true. I agree it was a dick move by Jobs but I guess he repaid him many times over by how rich he made him during Apple. Bottom line is Woz wouldn't have built Apple in the same way at all.

[@grozaphy]

@@francisjtuk Woz would not make more money but rather improve the lives of others by offering the products to be as cheap as possible

[@Ka_T_ya]

Sadly in our world , people with more capitalistic driven minds like Jobs become the gurus, while brilliant minds like Wozniak not thinking only about the profits get forgotten and often robbed off the gratitude they are owed.

[@wethermon]

I always gave credit to Woz because he always respected the DIY scene and he's also a really good person.

[@Bippy55]

Nov 2024 - I have the highest respect for both of these iconic people in the early home computer industry. I remember how much Apple began to change the printing industry: offering high resolution to smaller print shops. I have to respect Woz’s vision to let the computer hardware be expanded and enjoyed by other intelligent computer enthusiasts. I also didn’t know Woz taught computer technology to youngsters. EPIC!!

[@ghostplayer1548]

I wish i had a teacher like steve Wozniak.

[@ilias5185]

Sounds to me like Woz would be more of an Android guy 😂

[@melquizedec]

*he is

[@ilias5185]

@@melquizedec Just googled - seems to me that he is!

[@jackcameroon8423]

Woz is the middle ground One who loves the functionality regardless who it comes from.

[@Guthix198]

@@jackcameroon8423 nope he's is absolutely for the android phone

[@SenileOtaku]

Well, except that Google is turning Android into a platform JUST as closed as Apple's. It's ironic that Windows Mobile was probably more open than iOS or Android (this coming from a Linux person).

[@saswatpatra5679]

Steve Jobs might have brought a lot of product accessibility, but honestly he is the originator of a lot of things that is wrong with our industry today. No right to repair, design docs working as marketing documents, forcing form over function, manipulating trends by their own will. The last one is the one thing I have a grudging respect for though, as Apple actually is able to standardise a lot of stuff by introducing them in their line up.

[@DoctorEnigma01]

All I know is he gave the 83’ Us Festival and some of my most cherished memories, thanks Woz!

[@danielmayorga4812]

I liked the last part: Wozniak became an educator teaching computer science. Good for him but specially for his students. I bet he inspired lots of them.

[@artistjoh]

Woz donated his personal Apple I (the one he used and was never intended for sale) to the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Whenever I see that old computer with its hand made parts I can’t help but imagine Woz, all those decades ago twiddling with the circuitry as he used it to help design the next computers, or maybe to play simple games like Pong. It is a treasure to know that this was the one he had at his desk and his hands and eyes were on it daily as the personal computer revolution was just getting started. Amazing man, and such an amazing moment in time.

[@Kruton1122]

Considering the apple I had no graphics mode, it was purely text? I’m pretty sure He did not play pong on it lol

[@artistjoh]

@@Kruton1122 Good point, but I am sure there would have been an even more primitive game they were playing back then.

[@Kruton1122]

@@artistjoh it was called “Star Trek” it was a big game on those early computers

[@artistjoh]

@@Kruton1122 Maybe not. I just did a deep dive into the various versions of Star Trek computer game of that era, and it appears to have not been ported to Apple until the Apple ][+ in 1979. The Apple version was called Apple Trek. I see it must have been immensely popular because it was available for many main frames as well as various microcomputers.

[@Kruton1122]

@@artistjoh an official port sure, But there was tons of unofficial ports.

[@Emobullymaguire]

The poll was a few hours ago but he already uploaded a video. Mission Passed Respect +100.

[@Aditya-tt1ws]

He already made the videos and then release them based on viewer interest

[@Emobullymaguire]

@@Aditya-tt1ws yeah I realised that.

[@Dick-Cheese-4]

@@Emobullymaguire then why make that stupid ass comment?

[@pol1315]

@@Dick-Cheese-4 He realised it AFTER commenting...

[@hulksmash8159]

@@Emobullymaguire He already had each of the videos ready to go.

[@swbusby]

Wozniak represents everything I loved about apple. Jobs represents everything which I hate about apple.

[@kirakakashi9445]

Do you hate how he presented the idea of Iphone - instead of saying 5GB like everyone, he said "1000 songs will fit in this". That's the best example of "Think diferent". Steve Jobs may not be good, but his techniques of so-called "Think diferent" is so good.

[@mernokimuvek]

@@kirakakashi9445 That was horrible. As an engineer I know what 5 GB is but nobody said how long the 1000 songs are.

[@RMJ1984]

Apple would have been an amazing company today, if Steve Wozniak have been there. He really was the heart and soul, which was lost, after he left.

[@atta1798]

true BUT that technology had already been invented by Motorola the proximity sensor and the touch screen .....even the iTunes when Steve went to Motorola to spy ....

[@emmiiirrr]

Its not like Apple grew to be the worlds valuable company without him… wait

[@c.s.hayden3022]

Wozniak has a strong ethical core. He’s a good inspiration for startup culture. It can be so much more than opportunistic hustle.

[@RizztrainingOrder]

Wozniack should’ve known the type of person Jobs was from his first business encounter when jobs had him build something for Jobs when he was at Atari within a few days and received 5 thousand and gave Wozniack $300

[@MrDabman123]

Woz didn't know that at first. He found out when he went to the project manager and asked for a bonus. Manager: "Well, you were paid 5 grand." Woz: "... Get me Steve."

[@JWWD1985]

I’ve been waiting for a Woz-centered video since I found this channel.

[@ΒύρωναςΛαδιάς]

same!!

[@ericcornish1983]

Wozniak was an underrated part and piece to Apples puzzle, without him back then earlier on I don't think Apple could've survived without him. This video was awesome, please more in depth videos on Wozniak 👍😊

[@diguifi0fficial]

Woz was one of the very first "open source" adepts, in a time money talked loud. Gotta respect the man

[@willdwyer6782]

My grandfather started working for Jackson All-Star Dairy in Jackson, Michigan delivering milk door to door from a horse-drawn wagon. He worked for the company for many years, but he was a heavy smoker and his health deteriorated to the point where he couldn't perform his job duties, so he went to the local community college to become a CPA and used an Apple II computer to run a bookkeeping service out of his home office.

[@jaggis4914]

Woz is a brilliant engineer. He made his choice to remain an engineer and not be in any management position!

[@Notdeepakchopra]

I’m sure you planned it this way Greg but I’d love to see what Woz was up to after he left. I’d also love to see what his current role in Apple is

[@jjayjewel]

You missed it at the 0:45 mark “his presence and decision making power was given up in 1985” He has no current role in Apple

[@ethansmith7]

@@jjayjewel nope he came back and he currently works there just in a different capacity

[@jjayjewel]

@@ethansmith7 There is no source for that anywhere online other than he still gets a $50 weekly paycheck

[@jjayjewel]

@@ethansmith7 business insider has an article from April 1, 2020 titled “Steve Wozniak is still technically an employee employee” where they break down he doesn’t actually work

[@mohammedalabbas3994]

Holy crap, the poll was like 7 hours ago that's freaking fast

[@mike_404]

They’re pre made

[@JewelFornillas]

plot twist he already did the videos and make a poll later

[@IamRanJos]

He has tonnes of unreleased material

[@KCCardCo]

The world needs more guys like Woz.

[@zulutgseta8276]

No. I wont thanks

[@adriangroeneveld9341]

Respect for the Woz. Such a wholesome guy and full of brilliant technical ideas. Got the recognition he deserved in the end and more.

[@Cal_lum]

Honestly I feel bad for Woz, of course Jobs was probably more important but nobody gives him any credit

[@baggier]

both of them did great non were superior than the other

[@kennethfernandez7316]

@@baggier fax

[@its_argho]

This is why I don't do group projects.

[@augustogalindo8687]

@@its_argho well, don’t expect to achieve great things then. Team work is crucial in any company

[@its_argho]

@@augustogalindo8687 Honestly I don't have huge dreams. I know I am average. I am working in a Software company for around 2 years now, making a decent income with some surplus to spend on luxury items too. But I am not satisfied. There are things which I could do better and improve but are given no importance since the decision making bodies don't give a shit about your ideas. And this pisses me off. Honestly only reason I am still there is because the pay off is good. If I am supposed to co-operate in a team environment, and respect the other people's opinions, then mine should be taken seriously too. Especially when my ideas are clearly more superior.

[@PearComputingDevices]

I used to talk to the Woz via email for quite a long time. Never constantly, but he remains a true inspiration to me. When kids in school used to dub me the next Bill Gates, I would laugh and say no, I like hardware I see myself more like Steve Wozniak. I like things open, accessible and easy to understand. I believe it's still easy to make a profit and do these things and do them well. You can still design something elegant, such as an integrated floppy controller, make it look good and still be easy to use and understand and not cost an arm and a leg. Steve proved that with the Apple IIgs. Twiggy I believe was code name for that controller. Easy to understand and use. The GS was also a beautiful computer.

[@SkepticalChris]

Wozniak has incredible enthusiasm. Watch any of his interviews and appearances in conferences and the entire audiences would be absolutely mesmerized by what he talks about and how they can get just as pumped and enthusiastic and excited about Wozniaks visions of the future.

[@RobertNES816]

Think about how much better off Apple would be if Steve Jobs had done the right thing and listened to Wozniak! You'd have a product with better expandability, better performance, better aftermarket support and much less corporate greed and stupidity.

[@confusedcaveman5678]

apple's products are good enough tho. In fact, they are hilarious

[@robertallen2922]

I was a Wozniak fan. The technicians part was very interesting to me.

[@aryehyehudahajzenberg9503]

I DO NOT LOVE JOBS ! I LOVE WOZ ! Great video and may God bless you always !

[@TheAshPriyam]

Definitely, wox is underrated and I always use to wonder🤔 why he left Apple. Thanks ❤🌹 Greg

[@dmitriiegorov1888]

But why did Steve Jobs prefer this closed architecture? I'd be glad to see a video on this topic. P.S. great video!

[@3Dsjk]

Jobs wanted control over every aspect of a product, including how it was to be used. If you were allowed to modify the computer, you’re changing the user experience they worked so hard to create (they spent months and months debating the spacing of punctuation in their fonts).

[@dmitriiegorov1888]

@@3Dsjk Thanks for your reply!

[@mechajay3358]

@@3Dsjk That's the philosophy Apple follows to this day.

[@melquizedec]

cause MONEEEEEY 💰

[@MatrixRoland]

Planned obsolescence. Why give them eight all at once and sell them one when you can sell them eight over time by slowly giving them one more feature on each new model.

[@goldfishbrainjohn2462]

From the photo that they were holding a board, I can tell their personality is completely different. Woz was smiling but Jobs was pulling a face.

[@jeannotahossin5927]

He is a true engineer in all the human sense. I remember when Jobs introduced him at an Apple conference as his partner in crime. He was sitting in the public and Jobs compelled him to stand up; obviously he didn’t want to attract attention.

[@rogerunderhill4267]

I didn’t know about the Apple 3 or his accident. Thx for the insights!

[@gothickah0]

I believe if he still leading apple, we will see at least a charger inside ip12's box

[@miket.220]

Having both Steves in equal power and influence created the best product. Jobs was a master manager, driving his teams to excellence, and his revitalization of Apple in 1997 is public record. But without Woz, Apple had become a great consumer product, as opposed to an open computing platform. You can't deny the success, but that missing piece is what makes the Apple products less special than the Apple II / IIc days.

[@mrtoothless]

Jobs was a master nothing. People riding on other's coat-tails are a dime-a-dozen. Everyone knew dozens of losers at school who tried to tell other people what to do.

[@joshuaharper4439]

Imagine if Steve Wozniak was the one truly running Apple will have all sorts of neat things and they would probably be a lot more fun he seems like a good guy

[@WalrusRiderEntertainment]

Jobs was a visionary and Woz an engineer. Ultimately Jobs was proven correct as when you let people tinker with computers and customise them like with Windows based systems you inevitably get a mess of incompatibilities and instability as well as being prone to hackers.

[@mechajay3358]

It all comes down to Woz having goals and ideas for Apple that were completely different from what Jobs had when he was running the company.

[@88torresangel]

I just voted on this and boom it was there 👁👄👁

[@jax-taposition7198]

Woz was the brains of Apple, Jobs was the marketing man. They were both brilliant but it goes to show that the smartest person is not always the front man. I.E. President(s) of the U.S.

[@user-b39z1]

Steve Wozniak aka The Woz is a down to earth, humble tech genius that deserves equal credit! Together with Steve Jobs in the development and driving force of Apple. Apple would of never existed! Apples 🍎🍏

[@AmitRaj-lf3gf]

If Jobs had shared the ideals of Steve Wozniak the world could have been a much better place today. Wozniak without question represents the scores of engineers whose contribution to the success of Apple has been shrouded by Jobs.

[@fz7788]

Apple wont be as popular

[@atta1798]

what ideas exactly ?..... that technology had already been invented by Motorola the proximity sensor and the touch screen .....even the iTunes when Steve went to Motorola to spy .... Woz is the man for Apple without nothing would have happened

[@kartikarya9644]

Wozniak is a wholesome guy

[@chrisscott8461]

Imagine Woz teaching you how to code, amazing. Also seems like Jobs didnt even like computers

[@parrotraiser6541]

The presence of the slots was probably the reason the Apple II (and the IBM PC) succeeded. A product that is almost complete, and offers potential for that completion, will build an ecosystem of enthusiastes and sell like crazy, first to them (because they need experimental and demonstration machines). and then to the people that unpaid salesforce convince to buy use their add-ons to make it useful for some other job. Laboratories bought a lot of machines to host weird controls and loggers.

[@timstevens3361]

Basically, Jobs was a used car saleman who one day tripped over a magic carpet that took him places he never dreamed of himself. Jobs was bright enough to ride that magic carpet until he found another one, then another one etc. I dont know the names of the 2nd r 3rd r 4th magic carpets he used. But i do know the first one was a model 1 WOZNIAK . I really dont know of one thing Jobs actually invented himself. Other ppl thought up sht n he basically just said yes r no I can sell that or no i cant sell that. WOZNIAK was the Only person that made apple possible. The 1st magic carpet ride the used car salesman used.

[@Dingdongwitchisdead]

The thumbnail explains why they chose an apple for their logo. The similarities of Steve's head to the Apple Logo is uncanny. It's a picture of Wozniak's face with a bite out of it.

[@torchite0725]

I never got to a video so early.

[@sh1121]

I remember meeting Woz at a seminar in Singapore.... I regret not getting his autograph.

[@groove9tube]

In his biography Woz said he would send a signed photo to anyone who requested. My son when in HS asked and he received one. It’s hanging on his wall.

[@sh1121]

@@groove9tube Wow how? Email??

[@groove9tube]

@@sh1121 I think snail mail. His address info is in the book.

[@kevbo2981]

Wait, he receives a 50 dollar paycheck each week?

[@1idd0kun]

It's honorary. He's not really working for Apple.

[@StRanGerManY]

@@1idd0kun what honor is in $50 when he practically created Apple? He should be receiving 0.5% of profits instead or something

[@1idd0kun]

@@StRanGerManY But he does have Apple stock so I'm pretty sure he gets plenty of Apple profits. The $50 thing is just symbolic.

[@StRanGerManY]

@@1idd0kun ok, good

[@paochu92]

I still remember the feeling when I first studied Apple II schematics. It's stunning simple and beautiful and he did almost everything himself including both hardware and software. A complete designer. Nowadays system is so complicated and everybody can only work on one small piece without seeing and enjoying the grand picture. The good old days are gone.

[@dead7781]

Woz wanted to wake the curiosity in people. He wanted people to actually understand the product. Jobs wanted to make the product as self defined as possible so it would be easy to use. This would attract a bigger market and make more money since most people aren't interested in complex things, they don't like a challenge. Woz was in it as an inventor. As somebody who's just really had passion and wanted to share it with others. Jobs was in it as businessman. He just wanted some to numbers go up and some go down as much as possible. He just cared about status and success. Granted though he did believe in integrity. Which made him actually care about designing good products and not cut corners like many businessmen do.

[@20_percent]

Why i feel sorry for him, as he is the true founder of Apple

[@someguyoninternet802]

I can fully agree to Wozniaks opinion on customization. Today customization on computers are really big. However Apple still wants to go with the "black box" design and not really leave any customization

[@johnmonk66]

If Woz stayed we would still have a headphone jack in the phone.

[@HATCH5T]

Iphone u mean

[@RickB1792]

Wosniak was the brain and Jobs was the mouthpiece.

[@Embargoman]

Woz was the man behind the man who runs Apple, looking forward and yet he invented the universal remote something we take for granted until this day. If it wasn’t for Wozniak things would have look different than it use to. This is where he is right sometimes people take companies on the wrong direction and completion comes along just like everything.

[@trustme2001]

Steve Wozniak was also a lead engineer in Windows 7. That's why that o.s is was one of the best.

[@sontodosnarcos]

Didn't know that.

[@Emophiliac2]

In what universe? When did Steve Wozniak work for Microsoft?

[@trustme2001]

@@Emophiliac2 @ look it up.

[@Emophiliac2]

@@trustme2001 Where? Point to something that states that. Google doesn't show anything. Wikipedia doesn't show anything.

[@Paul-vf2wl]

@@Emophiliac2 Microsoft saved Apple from bankruptcy in 2003 by buying 150 million in shares.

[@GabrielRodriguez-um8fi]

Now imagine what Woz was thinking when Apple released those newer Macs without having removable hard drives and ram.

[@G11713]

That was eye opening. It seems Jobs was just surfing the Wozniak wave.

[@geoattoronto]

A con man coattailling a genius.

[@short1961]

Woz is a true gentleman and a true visionary not Job. That’s what is wrong with America. We idolize a guy like Jobs and not Woz.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

I found the small detail of Steve Jobs changing the design of the mac when Woz was not there to a special screw that prevented anyone from accessing the components. This was telling for what the future would be. Where Woz wanted a personal computer. Jobs for profit reasons wanted a closed proprietary system. Thus Apple would not have to compete on price with other pc manufactures with low margins. While I hated this as consumer because I couldn't easily upgrade with standard components this has made Apple so profitable.

[@arricammarques1955]

$50 a week? highly insulting.

[@d3meetsbobo]

Uhhhh... he is worth millions of dollars. That 50 bucks a week is purely ceremonial so he can keep his employee number... 001

[@toddgrogg8005]

The photo of Paul Allen and Steve Wozniak, to of the greatest people in the computer world. With out them the computer world, would be boring. Thank you guys.

[@TheQueenIsWithin]

This is how I want to be - an inventor, creating solutions that make huge impacts on humanity

[@alanmcrae8594]

This is why Woz was my hero, not Jobs. I much prefer the engineer who tries to build an open system that empowers customers to use their own creativity to add custom capabilities over the CEO control freak who was always trying to close & lock down a proprietary system while rushing it to market. My Apple II was an extraordinary tool at the time, and I packaged it along with a monitor & floppy disk drives in a large, awkward cubic carrying case. When a Z80 card became available, along with a hard drive, I was able to run the CP/M operating system & dBase II on my Apple computer. So, Woz was right. All those extra card slots came in handy and 3rd party developers created all sorts of specialized hardware & software to run on the Apple II. Why people worship Jobs, the marketing guy who was great at playing center stage, instead of Woz, the actual engineer builder is beyond me. I owe my lifelong career in IT to Woz, and I will forever be grateful for his creative vision, hard work and insistence on openness.

[@brandonnelson5021]

Woz was a beast for Apple in his leadership role. Steve Jobs always caused all of the problems. Always demanding things he himself could never achieve.

[@mikeward1701]

Steve Wozniak; Talented engineer, modest and humble, handsome bear. What's not to like?

[@mikeward1701]

@GENETIC BEAST Did I claim he was an inventor? No. I said he is a talented engineer, and it takes a talented engineer to analyse, reverse engineer, and improve upon an existing concept. Also I should point out it; does humanity no good if someone creates / discovers / invents something of benefit and is unable or unwilling to release it to the world.

[@Claro1993]

Imagine if Steve Wozniak become friends with Louis Rossmann.

[@ledoynier3694]

Well he's a subscriber to his channel and even sent him a video to give him his support in the right to repair movement.

[@joshferry3628]

Woz had a soul and cared about people. Jobs not so much.

[@Nathidraws]

Yeah, it's sad

[@genestone4951]

This is basically why I've never owned an apple product and never well. Apple is a consumer product, not really created for IT ppl or tinkers.

[@garyproffitt5941]

First of all he is regarded to me a smart and very clever man Steve Wozniak being the open technology plan. Secondly thought occurs he is not good to work with the guy Steve Jobs with closed circuit for separate issues when Steve Wozniak viewed the open to allow well openness. Thirdly the issues raised for thought experimentation ideas Steve Wozniak for five or six circuits

[@Rulle666]

The Apple company would have been 100x bigger under Wozniak's leadership! Mad respect for The Wozard!

[@santiagotorres9653]

I know the woz is deeply disappointed in where the company is today with Tim Cook making it a brand and locking down everything from restricting the OS to serializing parts on their hardware to cut functionality if replaced other than apple.

[@BorisG13]

Just imagine how different the smartphone world would be today if Wozniak was still in such a position at Apple…

[@basundharroy89]

Steve Jobs is the precise example of what a capitalist is. Profit maximisation and that alone- which also explains why he gets all the credit as well. Woz on the other hand is passionate, everything else is secondary concern for him.

[@macD723]

My brother worked for Woz in 76. He tested and boxed up the Apple 1, then would send it to the warehouse. Woz promised my brother, he'd teach him to be a programmer. My brother even got to bring home an Apple 1 to show to a neighbor, who worked at IBM, that wanted to maybe buy one. At one point, the guy in the warehouse told my brother, keep that computer, that he could show it in the books as sold, and that he already had a buyer for it, and they could split the profit. My brother called Woz and told him, but Woz handed it off to HR. The girl in HR was a niece of either Woz or Jobs, I forget which, and had actually been to our house a few times to party with my brother and other friends. After hearing my brothers side and the other guys side of the story, she decided they were in it together! Even though it was my brother who turned the other guy in! So, she fired both of them. My brothers life went down hill after that. Up until his death in 2013, all my brother wanted was an apology from Woz. I've even reached out many times to Woz telling him this. But, of course Woz never replied. If my brother was never fired wrongfully, and learned to program, his life would have been so different, so much better. I've actually gone on to learn computer science and have worked on both PC's and Apples. But, I will never own an Apple. One of the reasons is because of what happened to my brother. The other reason is, Apple products are just too expensive for what you get. When I worked for Apple, I put together all the parts my fantasy computer would have, based around the Mac Pro. When I was done, it would have cost me over $5,000. When I put together a PC with all the same specs, it came to just under $1,000. And, Apple works no different than a PC. Yes people, Apple do get viruses. At the time I worked for them, the download for the anti virus was actually hidden on the internet. The only way to get it is if you called with a virus problem. Then, we would send a link to the download. They wanted it hidden from the public because they loved the illusion that they couldn't get viruses.