Will the Tech Industry Eternally Belong to Large Corporations?

After finishing the assigned long read, in my case, “Why Silicon Valley Can’t Fix Itself”, I began wondering about the future of technology. The authors, Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel, state in their article that tech humanizers are trying to develop new designs that humanize technology, in that it benefits humanity rather than cause harm. However, Tarnoff and Weigel claim that humans and our technology have been inseparable since our prehistoric ancestors, and that it would be pointless to try and “align” technology with humanity. Instead, emphasis on concern should be placed on what technology has in store for us in the future. The authors oppose the idea that large corporations control the technology industry, and they believe that we should begin democratizing  the tech industry. They feel society as a whole should possess the ability to decide the outcome of technology, rather than a small number of powerful figures. I began to realize the technology industry may forever be in the hands of major corporations, as standard individuals rarely develop innovating technologies at the same measure of corporations. However, even if this rare phenomenon occurs, those individuals end up becoming the heads of large corporations anyway. Is there no hope for a transfer of power between the powerful and wealthy, to a collective society? Will major corporations always possess the power to determine technology’s future?