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In the IOT/Home Automation device world, Zigbee and Z-Wave were competing standards.

Z-Wave was a proprietary standard and have a device certification process.

Zigbee was a open-source IEEE standard.

Both had their pros and cons but weren't interoperable.

Manufactures have agreed to create and move to a new standard "Matter"

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_(standard)

I don't see why this success storey couldn't happen for the 'lost device world' or most other proprietary non-interoperable systems. (why can't i send a message from Whatsapp to Messenger)




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