In the IOT/Home Automation device world, Zigbee and Z-Wave were competing standards. Z-Wave was a proprietary standard and have a device certification process.

In the IOT/Home Automation device world, Zigbee and Z-Wave were competing standards. Z-Wave was a proprietary standard and have a device certification process. Zigbee was a open-source IEEE standard. Both had their pros and cons but weren't interoperable. Manufactures have agreed to create and move to a new standard "Matter" > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_(standard) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_(standard) I don't see why this success storey couldn't happen for the 'lost device world' or most other proprietary non-interoperable systems. (why can't i send a message from Whatsapp to Messenger)