I note that you leave out a number of groups in your examples of “whom”—bystanders, consumers who are not customers, potential future creators or customers, etc...
Sure. The two examples I gave were just the two most obvious examples.
“bad” is only meaningful relative to some other reachable situation. Always need to specify “compared to what”.
Compared to… whatever other state of affairs OP thinks is possible (e.g. the one that will obtain if his proposed policies are enacted).
I’d say the status quo is amazingly great for almost everyone, compared to just a few centuries ago.
Sure. The two examples I gave were just the two most obvious examples.
Compared to… whatever other state of affairs OP thinks is possible (e.g. the one that will obtain if his proposed policies are enacted).
True but irrelevant to the discussion.