One of the benefits or downsides of a government depending on who you ask is that it can help stop people from making bad decisions that hurt people around them. Bad decisions rarely hurt only one person.

I agree with you, but many do not. Lots of people think that is one of the main functions of society.

Regardless, it isn’t a law that you have to buy an iPhone.

They represent more of the customer base, and a larger voting bloc, than tech nerds. You can offer your opinion of what society exists for, and the rest of society doesn't have to listen to it. The only actual leverage tech nerds who aren't billionaires have is when the particular ones who work for Google are asked to implement these features.