I dunno, you're sort of assuming that all regulations are equally important for safety, I think most people would agree some regulations are only there to prote

I dunno, you're sort of assuming that all regulations are equally important for safety, I think most people would agree some regulations are only there to protect existing businesses from competition. But all regulations have to be followed, so what do startups do about that? When AirBnB and Uber started they ignored all the regulations except the ones they wanted.. and it wasn't that bad. It was just, do you trust that a random person will let you sleep in their house or give you a ride without having a bad experience. All the existing regulations that applied said "no, of course you need taxes to pay inspectors and check all these boxes to protect people", but it turned out... yeah, you could just let people do their thing and it would turn out ok and not cost that much. Doing the same thing slightly differently and claiming the regulations don't apply is risky, but ultimately whether you win or not is if you can deliver better service for lower prices safely. If so, the public will back you and you'll eventually be allowed to operate but with some negotiated subset of regulations that will emphasize the safety parts (because the public likes those) and limit most of the anti-competitive stuff (because the public hates those parts). That's exactly what happened with Uber and AirBnb. There's really no other way to change regulations these days. I think we need companies like that to come along and show just how badly entrenched businesses can regulate their way to being protected against competitors and capture higher prices.