[AstralStorm]

Indeed, the only contribution we see is a tiny bit of corporate taxes for the billions of dollars of public research Amazon and especially others use.

This is, depending on point of view, either a failure of the patent system (government cannot directly patent nor license) or of taxation, or both.

Oh the low level, additional failure of laws promoting economic growth such that employees are evaluated by the company and paid any low offer with no recourse. This could be either fixed by unions (though these like dramatic not everyday negotiations and tend to produce fiefdoms) or again government, not necessarily directly central, setting and overseeing wage standards based on their globally agreed policies.

In short, introducing an intermediary who can negotiate with clout and is not easy to buy. (As seen in the past, union leaders and politicians are easy to buy.)