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#18 by recent demandSteadyUnderserved1.9×

Legal, compliance & civic

People ask for things here more often than they launch them (demand share ≥ 1.5× supply share).

Requests
5
Show HN launches
281
Distinct people
267
Last 90d vs prior
61 / 51
Demand ÷ supply share
1.86×
Requests per month
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Monthrequests
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Show HN launches per month
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Monthlaunches
Nov 20259
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Jan 202636
Feb 202638
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Apr 202625
May 202615
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Nov 20260

What people are asking for

Concrete requests in this area, newest first.

5 requests, newest first

  • Wish it existed

    government provided alternative

    Full quote
    There should be a government provided alternative.

    nielsbot · Aug 29, 2026in “Twitterwebviewer.com Service Discontinued”

  • Wish it existed

    standardized government ID service/API

    Full quote
    > There should be a standardized government ID service/API

    thrance · May 9, 2026in “EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing"”

  • Wish it existed

    standardized government ID service/API that allows a person to let it disclose their age (or other user selected information) to a requesting site/service

    Full quote
    There should be a standardized government ID service/API that allows a person to let it disclose their age (or other user selected information) to a requesting site/service.

    rswail · May 9, 2026in “EU Parliamentary Research Service calls VPNs "a loophole that needs closing"”

  • Wish it existed

    regulation that you have to sell and maintain a working product, so that open source devs don't have to waste their time fixing proprietary products

    Full quote
    I wish there was regulation that you have to sell and maintain a working product, so that open source devs don't have to waste their time fixing proprietary products.

    drunner · Nov 22, 2025in “$1900 Bug Bounty to Fix the Lenovo Legion Pro 7 16IAX10H's Speakers on Linux”

  • Wish it existed

    regulation that required companies to automatically pause monthly subscriptions if you haven't logged in to or used the service in any way for 3+ months

    Full quote
    (I wish there was regulation that required companies to automatically pause monthly subscriptions if you haven't logged in to or used the service in any way for 3+ months.

    varenc · Nov 14, 2025in “Why do voice transcription apps charge monthly when Whisper runs locally?”