If anything, it's the opposite. It's the legal restrictions around scraping that have entrenched the power of the walled-gardens today.

They built their businesses on scraping, then when they had their lock-in and monopolies, they turned around and fought against scraping to keep up-starts from eroding their business.

This blog is a great overview of the current landscape around scraping laws.

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/12/hello-youve-be...