In this week’s Kassa I walked through two stories that follow the same pattern: regulators stepping in late or not at all, and lawmakers barely thinking a decade ahead. A US jury just found Ticketmaster’s parent company Live Nation to be a monopoly, yet the Dutch competition authority ACM saw no reason to investigate back in 2016. Then there’s the 2G switch-off: millions of Dutch cars will soon fail their annual safety inspection because their emergency-call systems (eCall) still run on the network being shut down. The minister’s proposed fix — loosening the inspection rules — takes the pressure off manufacturers to build a proper, affordable replacement, while leaving them free to upsell expensive safety packages to drivers who want their own car made safe again.