If the government got into the habit of regulating conveniences back in the 1970s, we'd have ("Contracts must be typed with this type of ink, and signed with th

If the government got into the habit of regulating conveniences back in the 1970s, we'd have ("Contracts must be typed with this type of ink, and signed with this type of ink so that it scans well", "Contracts must use this size paper to be easily scannable") and the entire business of e-signing documents would've never happened because there'd be so many legacy usability requirements. You'd be faxing forms to hip new startups to agree to their terms, signing your name next to every major paragraph, until somebody successfully pushes a new form of contract signing through the government.