If What3Words wants to be ubiquitous, and relied on for things like navigation and emergency services, then it ought to be an open standard, with a published algorithm and open-source implementation.
If they’re going to be dicks about keeping it proprietary then maybe it’s time for someone to come up with an open alternative.
If they’re going to be dicks about keeping it proprietary then maybe it’s time for someone to come up with an open alternative.