Might it be perhaps worth considering that some approaches to consumer protections might, by accident and coincidence, have side-effects of encouraging oligopol

Might it be perhaps worth considering that some approaches to consumer protections might, by accident and coincidence, have side-effects of encouraging oligopolistic strangleholds? You're completely right. Antitrust and consumer laws are very different from those expressly designed to hurt consumers. However, it could be worth remembering that a law's intentions and a law's effects can be different.