RE:Odd inconsistencyThe corporate world doesn't care about share holders- they pretend to in order to get your money and once they have it- they feel no duty or obligation. Steve Jobs never offered a dividend while he was alive- he felt no obligation to return anything to shareholders while hoarding all that corporate wealth.
That's the way the world works. Nothing illegal- just a make believe equity market made up of corporate rapists that has been supported by smoke, mirrors, QE, and the greatest pile of debt the world has ever seen.