When Woz speaks about Apple inc or technology in general with regards to privacy people tend to lend him an ear.
What people? Fellow tech nerds? Of course, he has a cult-like following of people. Apple decision makers? Hardly. I love Woz, but I'm just looking at this realistically and not dream-a-dream-with-rainbows-and-unicorns level of what-if outlooks.
People build up this mystique around founders/co-founders that borders on religious. I don't drink that kool-aid. I've been in/around too many cults in my life to fall into that trap.
> Fellow tech nerds
I think you've answered your own question "why is it any more interesting" in this (HN) context.
What is this co-founder's current position at YT? "When the site was introduced in February 2005, Karim agreed not to be an employee and simply be an informal adviser, and that he was focusing on his studies."--wikipedia So, not very influential.
Again, it's just another person's opinion.
* Also from wiki: "In November of 2021, Jawed updated the description of "Me at the zoo" to "When every YouTuber agrees that removing dislikes is a stupid idea, it probably is. Try again, YouTube ".