‘Tech’ becomes a regulated industry Lots of industries are subject to specific, technical regulation, and tech will become one of them US Federal industry-specific regulation index, 2014 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Cargo shipping Pharma Oil and Gas Fishing Airlines Banks Finance Cars Electrical Refining Extraction utiltiies Source: Al-Ubaydli and McLaughlin Benedict Evans –– January 2020 88