>The silver lining of regulatory burden is that there is less competition and higher willingness to pay. From the perspective of consumers I'd say this is not

>The silver lining of regulatory burden is that there is less competition and higher willingness to pay. From the perspective of consumers I'd say this is not exactly a silver lining. (Though obviously I don't think you were suggesting that the excessive regulation is a good situation overall, just that at least there's some incentive for startups to power through.)