Has anyone ever done a study of free-market configurations eventually consolidating to a single standard? I almost feel like it's a quirk of capitalism that ini

Has anyone ever done a study of free-market configurations eventually consolidating to a single standard? I almost feel like it's a quirk of capitalism that initial introduction of a technology results in an immediate mess of options and styles, before finally somehow there is a single accepted standard. For example, in the 90's the design for rollerblade frames (the part for the wheels attached to the boot) were all over the place, but then a few skate manufacturers agreed on a single design called the Universal Frame System. As soon as it was adopted, it unleashed a whole bunch of innovation in boots, wheels, liners, etc, because suddenly you don't have to fuss over on particular part and can then spend that energy on smaller, more interesting innovations in the rest of the product. Like suspension in the frames! I'm sure there's analogies for open-source standards getting adopted. But if this is indeed universal, maybe it's an argument for a future techno-socialist state to mandate standards so that we are not accidentally designing the 99th radiator valve or javascript bundler, and instead society can get to work on the cooler problems.