And yet somehow those incompatible telephone systems, rail systems, power systems, and everything else all came into existence.
USB is widely highlighted as an unusual success. But Apple has notably created their own incompatible connectors, and made money that way, which is why Europe is busy forcing a charging standard.
Gasoline is very obviously government regulated. 2 by 4s are only sort of standardized.
> Gasoline is very obviously government regulated.
The chemical makeup of it? The government banned tetra ethyl lead in it, and mandated some ethanol in it, but the rest is various mixes made by the gas companies.
> 2 by 4s are only sort of standardized.
I've bought 2 by 4s for most of my life. They're a standard size.
> The chemical makeup of it? The government banned tetra ethyl lead in it, and mandated some ethanol in it, but the rest is various mixes made by the gas companies.
There's a mil-spec gasoline that has to contain exact proportions of specific alkanes and ethanol to very tight tolerances, that could be taken as the golden standard gasoline.
USB is widely highlighted as an unusual success. But Apple has notably created their own incompatible connectors, and made money that way, which is why Europe is busy forcing a charging standard.
Gasoline is very obviously government regulated. 2 by 4s are only sort of standardized.