If you want to have a say in how software works, then you have to control how companies run.

If Technical folk are not on the Boards or have controlling share in an org, or don't know how to get into such positions then they have very little to no say in how anything works.

There are countless examples were technical people object and get replaced, sidelined or fired, cuz they are totally unprepared in how to win such age old political and financial fights. If Oppenheimer, Engelbart and the Google brainiacs who protested recently got pushed aside, then its beyond obvious how the story will end for anyone else.

The lesson from history for anyone serious about this stuff is - develop business+finance acumen, or develop alliances with business+finance power.