Simple laissez faire competition leads to many solutions that are more optimal than naively creating a product people want at an attractive price. The game need

Simple laissez faire competition leads to many solutions that are more optimal than naively creating a product people want at an attractive price. The game needs to be regulated to force the "right" kind of solutions to the top but that would be a difficult thing to do even if regulators weren't already part of the "wrong" way of competing. We can still "vote" with our wallets but just like in real elections sometimes it's really hard to even get some worthwhile candidates on the ballot.