Fair points, but there is hostility to fixing a lot of those historical rules for the same reasons. Long-standing business practices is another can of worms, especially ones as international as shipping.
Of course, this is a very complicated matter. I just wanted to point out that the issue has two sides, and it's not clear where a side ends and the other one starts.
I have heard and seen enough horror stories about employee pushback on different scales against automation and simplification.
