[fieldcny]

Duopoly’s produce excessive regulation as a means of protection.

Duopolies grow out slow growth, once the pie stops growing stealing customers is hard and is a zero sum game, reaching a comfortable stasis which then becomes the status quo is how organisms in these environments behave

[m463]

> comfortable stasis

man, someone needs to disrupt the elevator business.

For example, why can't personal homes have elevators? The arguments of older people not being able to take stairs or getting hurt apply at home.

Or maybe busboys for groceries from the garage to the kitchen? Make them go sideways like the enterprise (the ncc-1701 enterprise)

[brk]

Home elevators are a thing. We had one in our previous house, as did many other homes in the neighborhood. They are not terribly expensive, about $12k/floor during construction.

[achierius]

I would ask kindly that nobody 'disrupt' the elevators I use to go into work.

[dietr1ch]

How can a duopoly produce regulation? That'd be straight out corruption unless someone came up with a new word for it that suddenly made that legal, moral, and efficient.

[tionis]

Lobbying has a pretty pronounced effect and is completely legal