"Steve Wozniak wanted a computer. Mark Zuckerberg wanted to engage online with his college friends. Larry and Sergey wanted to find things on the web." These a

"Steve Wozniak wanted a computer. Mark Zuckerberg wanted to engage online with his college friends. Larry and Sergey wanted to find things on the web." These are terrible examples in the context of the article. Apple's computers, originally, led them to the brink of bankruptcy, and it wasn't until 20 years later when they started selling consumer electronics that they blew up, and Wozniak had little to do with it at that point. The other two don't actually make money from the products mentioned, but by flat out exploiting people's ignorance regarding online tracking and advertising.