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wayward vagabond from homestuck: we should improve technology somewhat. well dweller: xkcd 927 "standards"

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[โ€“] TheOSC@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Plenty of standards are created with the express purpose of being a standard and selling the license for that standard to large companies. USB, HDMI, BlueRay, CD, Bluetooth, etc. all of these are standards designed as standards.

[โ€“] Robaque@feddit.it 1 points 11 months ago

Which is why they often suck, no? Took years for USB to really find its footing, and now with all the EU legislation setting USB-C I feel like it's gonna become frustratingly outdated eventually.