Dear god, how is that an advantage? Are we all here just rooting for techno-dictator supremacy?

its objectively an advantage in control. if thats a goal, then its effective at doing that

the only one inserting bias and emotion into objectivity here is you

since most public companies are owned by multi billion dollar hedgefunds, they're not exactly pillars of democracy. and since privately owned businesses are a thing; its really not that big of a deal