Comment by alexb_

>I am completely flabbergasted as to how this was thought to be a good idea...it seems like it drastically increases the cost of starting a bootstrapped software company in the US, which is just terrible policy in general.

Oh it's a terrible policy for you. Yes, for you, the person who may want to actually create something which threatens the people who own large businesses, this is quite terrible. But for the people with lobbyists who want to make sure competition is made almost impossible to happen, it's just amazing.