Unless you're trying to claim that AAPL is supposed to be decentralized I don't think they're comparable at all. By all means make a "Ripple Company" and own 1

Unless you're trying to claim that AAPL is supposed to be decentralized I don't think they're comparable at all. By all means make a "Ripple Company" and own 100% of its stock, but if you grab a massive supply of the tokens for yourself you can't claim to have an interest in decentralization.