A challenge with IIoT is that the standards processes are consistently driven to the lowest common denominator. It is partly driven by cost sensitivity but also

A challenge with IIoT is that the standards processes are consistently driven to the lowest common denominator. It is partly driven by cost sensitivity but also by the reality that many of these hardware companies are unsophisticated at software development and have no realistic way of becoming sophisticated. Adding to this that the scale requirements for implementing these standards varies by about 10 orders of magnitude between the smallest and largest companies, which is such a large scale difference that it becomes qualitative with respect to standards. This creates divergent incentives. Many companies want to optimize standards for the cheapest thing that will check a box, even if the implementation is ineffective in practice. The minority of companies that actually care about robust and efficient implementation often find this isn’t feasible (and in some cases impossible) within the constraints of what ends up in many of these standards, so they ignore the standards since they are strictly worse than whatever non-standard thing they end up doing. Wash, rinse, repeat. I have participated in IIoT standardization efforts for almost two decades and it is the same vicious cycle irreconcilable requirements every time.