It was a lot more practical for new players to enter most of these markets back in the 90s, before the megacorps started to fully metastasize. Deregulation [of some industries] wasn’t the objectively bad choice that hind sight makes it seem like back then, just something worth trying to see if it improved outcomes. Remember, regulations are supposed to regularly change to meet the needs of the time, not be a lifetime commitment one way or the other that the political deadlock of the '00s and '10s made it seem.

Often better, sometimes much worse. The only thing GW has going for them is consistency, which you can find after rolling the dice a few times on small orders from 3d printing shops.

mash both together for the free space?

It needs to come with a disclaimer saying ‘you will not be as good of parents as the fictional cartoon dogs and that is ok’ first, otherwise I strongly agreed

A self-perpetuating meme where the objective is to forget you’re playing it. By remembering it, you have lost the game, and by custom, must announce it aloud.