Comment by oaiey
5 days ago
That is not how standards work. Some for sure, but the majority are established by groups of companies / a guild establishing rules. The law pressures them often into it (e.g. the EU did not say USB-C port, they said: one standard, you industry figure it out).
There are surely exceptions (maybe the IEEE; which are professionals union).
No, this is how good standards bodies works. It require collaboration across nations, sorry but this is like small d democracy stuff here. What isn't good are corporate interests rat fucking engineering practices to pursue greater profits.
I agree all about company creed and also in many cases the standard is the lowest common denominator of their implementations. I am also a fan of putting national sovereignity over profit, but that does not change that in most cases only companies have the interest, the need and the insights to standardize stuff.