For some reason in the last ten years, people have gone from being critical of corporations to favoring them. I think these companies have become so huge, and they have gotten away with so much, that people have resigned themselves to being at their mercy.

This doesn't seem to be the case- https://news.gallup.com/poll/5248/big-business.aspx

People are nearly universally critical of Meta, the only place I see people defending or talk positively about it is here.

i think there are few people that realize all the problems solved by tech have been created by tech.

Really? I agree that many are resigned, but I see much more skepticism of everything Big Tech companies do today than there was during the Obama administration.

Although, this chart suggests that Google’s popularity hasn’t changed much, which is a bit surprising:

https://yougov.com/en-us/trackers/fame-and-popularity-google...

I think there has been a growing failure in identifying fake opinions and accounts from real ones. Who's checking that the people you are engaging with are real, aren't AI or LLMs hired by some 3rd party agency to manufacture opinion about some company or cause?