In the #ACCESSAct hearing, @RepThomasMassie called the shared vulnerabilities in large-scale hacks as stemming from "interoperability." That's factually wrong. They have "shared dependencies" (use the same code/modules). This isn't the same thing as "interoperability."
Then @RepThomasMassie correctly warned that when firms get to define standards to their proprietary advantage, it produces monopoly power. However, #ACCESSAct provides for OPEN standards, developed independently of large firms.
The problem of proprietary advantage through capture of standards is well-understood and the #ACCESSAct takes account of it.
@RepThomasMassie is right to worry that if you have to buy a license to interoperate with "the big guys," it would be unfair. But that's not what #ACCESSAct provides for - rather, these are open standards, unencumbered and freely implementable (as all the best standards are)

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