The labor cost savings aren't going to make it to clients. I've worked in a law office, I know how billing goes. Those extra billable hours will be found elsewhere. I hope I'm wrong, and maybe I'm just cynical, but my opinion of lawyers and the legal profession in general took a hit after 3 years of working in it.
You are right. Price of every item has nothing to do with the cost of making it and everything with how much people agree to pay for it.
Driving down the cost of making a thing doesn't lower the price for everyone, but it widens the market downwards serivicing new el-cheapo customer base.
