Originally Posted by InterestedObservor:
Easy answer. The middle man is not needed.
The structure already existed and had for years.
I was going to respond to discuss:
-the notions of disintermediation, reintermediation and direct sales
-that if the previous structure was efficient PG would not exist today
-the success of competition, e.g., UA/BF, PBR, validates the model
But I stopped myself. It's clear you're an intelligent person, and that you are cognizant of the obvious, so I'm concluding that for some perverse reason you're trolling.