<i>Startups just make a few people very, very rich at the expense of their customers by selling them mostly crap they don&#x27;t need or want.</i><p>This is laughably false for <i>at least</i> two of the examples (Amazon, Google) you&#x27;ve mentioned in your own post.<p>Millions of people use these services everyday to make their lives better. Thousands of employees work for good pay at these companies. Is it all scam? Of course not.