We wouldn't have mass produced washing machines without... Mass production :-)
The part about our life being better is non negotiable, you haven't had to hand wash clothes if you're saying otherwise.
And that's just one example, refrigeration, mass mobility... Life is incomparably better and saying otherwise is just ignoring reality, in my book ;-)
This is a bit too late, but for future reader's reference: I meant "mass produced software", regarding its benefits. I highly doubt that Facebook's ad network is comparable with mass produced pharmaceuticals or refridgeration. Mass produced mustard gas maybe.
But I quite disagree with the "it made our lives better" point, and would say that the efficiency, even with all the standardized language outlook, tooling and methodology is closer to the "9 women getting a baby in 1 month" quip than to Ford's assembly lines.