"Open" organizations and alliances.

I am tired of these "organizations" and/or "alliances" and  that state they are out to solve a real problem for the "World", the "Internet" or "society" and they use terms like, "Open" and "across public and private sectors" and "..an open global standard." or "..provide the consumer with ultimate flexibility, mobility, and ease of use.."

You look at the current members and they are all "large" companies and not a single consumer.

You want to read the specifications of the "open" organization or alliance, well you will have to join.

Or you want to use this "Open" technology, well then you have to join.

Some of them even for you to even say that you are compliant, you will need to use, this usually means buy, a specific chip form a specific vendor in your product to be able to be "compliant" with the "open" standard.  Or you need to obtain "permission" from the copyright or patent holders implement the code or technology in your product.

They may even state a "no-cost" permission. But what if that patent or copyright holder becomes acquired by another company or just gets into a little money issue? Could you now be forced to pay royalties to the patent or copyright holder?

Then when you look into how to be a member, you find out that you must be willing to pay the minimum $1-4K to join. Oh, you want to have a say in the organization or specification or sometimes even to provide constructive comments, that will cost you $50k.

Come on, you organizations know who you are, have some integrity.