Comment by carlosjobim

Service economy jobs are worse and pay less than factory jobs.

Factory work is much more productive so they have better margins to pay workers. And you always need people, because complete automation is not a good investment at all scales.

Yes, in an economy with higher salaries many service economy businesses won't be able to compete on wages and will be forced to shut down. Eating out might again become a once in a while thing instead of an everyday thing. That's fine. It's worth it in order to improve salaries and work conditions.

Software engineers are such a small part of the labor market to not be a sector to consider. They are definitely nowhere near being a majority of workers as you imply.