Industry developed standards are a bad thing?
this is fake news. Every single industry develops common engineering standards on all sorts of minutiae.
Developing a common set of specs is routine. It’s make supply chain management so much easier. The OEM issues a request for a part:
‘As per API spec 541.324 with exception of XYZ’
the suppliers know what heck they need to supply and it’s saves untold headaches and time.
Fake news
Yes, only governments should develop standards. They do such a great job of it. /s