No, I don't think designers themselves have a big influence on tech. And when I say tech I mean the whole industry and the underlying technologies, not the cons

No, I don't think designers themselves have a big influence on tech. And when I say tech I mean the whole industry and the underlying technologies, not the consumer products that follow after that. Even just considering the final consumer products, I'd say engineers and decision makers have a much bigger influence than designers. Edit: To elaborate on this, what do you think had a bigger influence on the new MBPs? The team behind the M1 or the designers?