If we are in need of something, like being a kid and the need of a caretaker, we open up ourself for all kinds of mistreatments.
Now we are older, but we still need money to survive which makes our boss/bosses our new caretaker. They have the power over you like patents.
Give people power and they will misuse it. I dont have a solution, because we are not free in any sense, but we share the same struggle.