The government has been conditioned to give away control so much due to decades of corporate lobbying, spectacular they make a jump probably for social reasons without understanding the technological and economic underlying drivers. I’m sure a $500/HR big 4 consultant will provide them a slide on it in 20 years.
Artists, unfortunately, are all too familiar with this arrangement dating back millenia. “Commissioned” works that pay vs. passion projects that may not be economically in demand is the crux of the artist’s dilemma. Artists of any media make this decision regularly, seems like a big “duh”?