Maybe what you say is correct, but without a reference can also be an opinion influenced by your domain of activity. What I see though is many shops closing, b

Maybe what you say is correct, but without a reference can also be an opinion influenced by your domain of activity. What I see though is many shops closing, because more and more people buying online. What I hear is people buying crap from Amazon and throwing it very fast, or using fast fashion from the like of Shein. Neither seem to me a great outcome. I did a cursory look and I found this https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/22/a-look-at-small-businesses-in-the-us/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/22/a-look-at... , will quote "The number of high-propensity business applications – those that are highly likely to turn into businesses with payrolls – remained relatively stable between 2009 and 2019,". This for me does not support the idea that of "huge number" that only exist due to Facebook (business exits have also grown over the period, more data at https://data-explorer.oecd.org/ https://data-explorer.oecd.org/), but of course this is an interpretation.