*Standards cost money because the process to create them costs money.* But the m...

Anechoic on March 9, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: “ISO obstructs adoption of standards by paywalling...

Standards cost money because the process to create them costs money.

But the money you pay to the standards doesn't go to the creators, it goes to the organization to make them available. (I've contributed to ANSI standards).