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by zepto 2418 days ago
True but a paid company spokesman typically says ‘we’, whereas a shareholder does not.
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Where does anyone claim or suggest that Wozniak is a company spokesman in regards to this issue?

"Representative ... in a ceremonial capacity" is not "spokesman" except in the broadest of senses (eg, all employees, in some sense, can be spokespeople). It certainly isn't a spokesman for all of Apple's policies.

I'll note that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokesperson comments "it is the job of a spokesman to faithfully represent and advocate for the organization's positions, even when these conflict with their own opinion."

This strongly suggests that Wozniak is not a spokesman, in the usual sense of that word, for Apple.