> 5. and lets not forget the complete anti-union sentiment and lack of "professionals" to unionize

I would hate for my bonus to be negotiated by the union. Generally the union gets a new funding and the employee get 14,89€ a year as a “hard environment” bonus.

In fact I used to work in a unionized company as a developer, and not only there was groupthink, but the groupthink was bullying the weaker elements.

And as developers, we’re all socially inept, so the weaker elements were most people except the union.

Worst working conditions ever, it was ATOS in France.

your right I should probably say collective bargaining. Since there are probably better ways for labor to organize and use leverage than unions.

Might be covered by your bullet points, but is worth bringing up:

- Shady licensing practices

- Dark software patterns

I think the general idea would be poor customer/user bargaining.

we have regulations from lobbyists, industry bureaucrats and corrupt politicians(usually legally).

or choose another provider with exactly the same shitty terms.

because why invest in a consumer friendly platform except to gain network effects and change the terms of service.