Actually, many people fight this kind of "progress". Just look at what is happening to Flock right now. True "technological progress" would be using technology to empower humans, not to exploit and subjugate them.
Smaller, more capable, cheaper? Yes, it absolutely is progress.
The only question is whether everyone gets a slice, or it ends up locked down so only governments and corporations have access to it. Obivously I come down on the sousveillence side of the fence - it's the lesser of two evils. If it exists I want everyone to have it, and you can't stop it existing.