It's a lot easier to get public sentiment behind a law that benefits these altruistic people who save lives for a living, and shouldn't have to deal with such crass commercialism (I know, I know. Run with it though.)

It's tougher to make the same sale when you're talking about a bunch of computer programmers and startup founders.

if public sentiments is all that's needed for laws like this to pass, it would be much easier.

It seems to me that blockers for such laws are more likely to be lobbyists.