Complex regulation like that is much harder to sell U.S. voters. A lot of Americans are libertarians or libertarian-leaning, so their first instinct is to rejec

Complex regulation like that is much harder to sell U.S. voters. A lot of Americans are libertarians or libertarian-leaning, so their first instinct is to reject regulation out of hand, unless it can be shown to be extremely necessary. Regulation in general is a double-edged sword. While it may be great in the short term if your goal is to rein in the bad behaviour of large companies, in the long run it can act as a pretty effective moat for established companies, preventing startups from effectively being able to compete. A lot of people attribute Europe’s less competitive tech sector (vs the U.S.) to an abundance of complex regulations in the EU.