So because there isn't a better measure it's okay that tech companies effectively lie and treat these benchmarks like they mean more then they actually do?
Sorry, pal, but if benchmarks were to disagree with opinions of a bunch of users saying "tech companies bad"? I'd side with benchmarks at least 9 times out of 10.
What that has to do is: your "tech companies are bad for using literally the best tool we have for measuring AI capabilities when talking about AI capablities" take is a very bad take.
It's like you wanted to say "tech companies are bad", and the rest is just window dressing.