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Originally Posted by CommonReader
Do people recall the time when the audio CD was introduced? A single standard, hardware made by many companies, available everywhere. That's an ideal way to introduce a new technology.
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But that was (an still is, I believe) a proprietary standard, owned by Philips. It's much easier for a single company to enforce compliance with its own commercial property than it is for anyone to force someone to adhere to an open standard.