This is fantastic. That's exactly how it should be. Otherwise over decades you end up with regulations that stifle all forms of entrepreneurship and creativity.
What is a unit of "regulation"? I can pack five thousand onerous rules into one document and eliminate two documents that contain guidance with very minor impact. Is that a net gain?
Next time you write a line of code, you have to delete two others.
What would happen if we applied this for 4 years on an existing codebase, such as the Linux Kernel?
Most likely support for obscure devices would disappear.
To be fair, that's already starting to happen[0]. do you think it would happen faster than it is today?