“Chodosh is a kula in some sense. But I think the term should not be applied when there is so much precedent.”
My point is that it does not matter how many people rely on something; it’s still a kulah. Chodosh is the best example because the overwhelming majority do rely on it, nonetheless it’s a leniency. The stam halacha is that chodosh is assur m’doraisa.
“Chalav hacompanies is not a kula at all. It just happens to be that there is another (possibly better) option.”
Absolute nonsense. For thousands the years, the halachah was you could only drink Cholov Yisroel. There now exists a heter not to in a way that’s still mutar, but that is 100%, definitively, unequivocally a kulah. Nobody is challenging the validity. Just stop moving the goalposts because your too insecure to admit that you rely on kulos every now and then.