I believe this is the comment you are referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17480914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17480914 This is an eve

I believe this is the comment you are referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17480914 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17480914 This is an evergreen story. Regulations sold as weapons for davids to defend against goliaths are instead used by goliaths to fend off davids. It turns out that Goliath can learn to use a sling too, and can hurl bigger stones with it. This is why goliaths like regulations so much, and why patents may be more disease than cure.