Tier 1 suppliers have an incredible amount of influence in that ecosystem, and Tier 1 suppliers have an incentive to not be easily replaceable. That'd be my guess.
I mean, it's an entire MASSIVE industry that's comprised almost entirely of truly commodity technology, and so you get all the perverse outcomes that happen when trying to "differentiate" despite being commodity by inventing ways to be "special" to drive lock-in. Interoperability only really benefits the OEM, and the OEM isn't the only part of the chain.
I mean, it's an entire MASSIVE industry that's comprised almost entirely of truly commodity technology, and so you get all the perverse outcomes that happen when trying to "differentiate" despite being commodity by inventing ways to be "special" to drive lock-in. Interoperability only really benefits the OEM, and the OEM isn't the only part of the chain.