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Steve Wozniak Says Big Tech Companies Like Apple Should Be Broken Up

Steve Wozniak has always been a straight-shooter who speaks his mind. And the Apple cofounder is not shying away from some bold statements this week, telling Bloomberg News that he thinks the Big Tech companies should be broken up. And that includes Apple.

“I am really against monopoly powers being used in unfair, antitrust manners—not opening up the world to equal competition […] and I think that’s happening a lot in Big Tech,” Wozniak told Bloomberg News.

“I’m pretty much in favor of looking into splitting up big companies. I mean, I wish Apple on its own had split up a long time ago and spun off independent divisions to faraway places and let them think independently the way Hewlett Packard did when I worked there,” the Apple cofounder said.

“I think Big Tech has gotten too big, it’s too powerful a force in our life and it’s taken our choices away,” Woz continued.

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