[baby_wipe]

My understanding is DoorDash started out by listing restaurants without their permission. Now DoorDash has this legislation which will protect them from any new startup who tries to do the same thing. (The assumption being it will be much easier for DoorDash to obtain permission than it would be for a nascent startup.)

[jMyles]

First-mover advantage has slowly evolved from being a social and economic head-start to being a declaration of candidacy for the patronage of regulatory capture.

[dumbfoundded]

Maybe a solution would be to add revenue thresholds. It does seem like many of the new age of internet based companies do seem to exist solely b/c of their ability to circumvent regulation. Uber with employment laws and Airbnb with hotel regulations come to mind.

[dayaz36]

Bingo!