"using the power of monopoly to squeeze others out of a market, and hurting the ability of workers to secure their own rights." This kind of assertion will not

"using the power of monopoly to squeeze others out of a market, and hurting the ability of workers to secure their own rights." This kind of assertion will not go away. There is some truth to this. What I'd be interested to know is, does the same argument hold with the industrial revolution? Did the advent of railways squeeze ship, barge, horse and cart transport companies. Did you it hurt workers organising their rights in the existing and new industries? I ask this because the comparison between the mechanical and silicon revolutions may yield some insight into what is happening now. "tech companies don't have to break down unions. With an app, you can start a business entirely outside of existing legal frameworks and compete using your own set of rules." Now it's bad to create new technology and applying it to new business? Since when has this been a bad thing? The legal profession has always trailed business. This is called "progress".