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by matthewdgreen 755 days ago
In the US, at least, regulatory solutions happen when large commercial interests get behind them. Commercial agribusiness is extremely powerful, so the lack of regulatory clarity will presumably disappear the second that large businesses decide they need to deploy this tech.
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Verizon owned a drone startup, they even participated in congressional hearings related to drones, yet they still couldn't extract bvlos waivers from the FAA for testing. How much bigger and influencial should a party be?