It was merely untenable due to hardware limits and now outdated software development patterns.
Big data SaaS companies were never the end goal. They were a stepping stone to AI. A lab to test AI theory.
So your runway and moat so to speak were never real. Merely temporary science research.
I don't think the wealth should go to billionaires. Nor do I think your life should be spent dancing like a monkey to their organ, while you convince yourself to soothe the soul its for a greater good.
Perhaps your country should engage in substance collective action. Because this whole time you were just a pawn of billionaires who don't know you exist. As such they never cared about providing you assurances. You were just cheaper labor.