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You could be talking about so many industries of course. It seems as though economies of scale outweighs some of the issues you raise as the majority of major industries make this change over time.

Welcome to the land over regulation. Regulation in the public view is about protection of people and things where in the business world it really means, protected vested interest - as in established businesses who do not want competition. By making regulations onerous enough only the big can comply you pretty much stop the little guy from even trying

There are startups discussed here daily that run up against the regulatory wall, some make out okay, others no so well

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