[echelon]

I don't know why you've been flagged and downvoted. Though your argument could use some more effort and articulation, this sentiment is certainly growing amongst engineers and a certain subset of the internet population. You're not alone in feeling this.

The old internet didn't have real money and power behind it (outside of research and pure business technologists), but now that the Internet is where the eyes of the world are, all of that influence has crept in and is seemingly here to stay.

It's hard to fight back against entities that are thousands of times more equipped than you.