Can somebody please tell me that this is somehow engraved in the DNA of capitalism? All right, we have battery alliances now - but of course we won't have one battery standard for appliances and power tools but *at least two*.
"Cordless Alliance" https://www.cordless-alliance-system.de/
and
"Power4All Alliance"
https://www.powerforall-alliance.com/de/partner/
Both have 18V Li-Ion systems. Both could be compatible, but aren't.
@EU_Commission, please do something.
@cweickhmann
The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.
@AndyLowry Yeah, I guess so... 😩
- Broad vs. Standard gauge RR tracks
- AC vs. DC
- Betamax vs. VHS
- IBM PC DOS vs. Apple
- Apple vs. Android
Yeah, this has been going on for a long time. Ever since the industrial age started. I think it's build in to DNA of economic competition.
I think it will become less so as we shift toward distributed manufacturing, 3D printers in every home, replicators, etc.
@Pat @AndyLowry
You forgot HD-DVD vs. Bluray. ;-)
And to be fair to the train industry: It's waaaaaay more complicated than broad vs. standard gauge 😂
And there's the contentious AC/DC/which voltage question as well. So, count that out. It's clearly full chaos.