This argument is misapplied to tech companies. Replace Google with Exxon or Coca Cola or Boeing and the actual threat is greatly magnified. The point about cyb

This argument is misapplied to tech companies. Replace Google with Exxon or Coca Cola or Boeing and the actual threat is greatly magnified. The point about cyber attack is a good example - in the real world, it is decidely non-tech companies and government institutions that suffer the most harmful cyber attacks. Your central point about power is sound however. The reason we should be worried is these companies actually shape how we live in many ways, and we are not in control, or rather nobody is.