Glad this is on the way...standards are "easy"...adoption is hard! 
Adoption challenges
Recent discussions regarding the slow rollout of Matter and Thread really make the industry rethink everything about standardization, and the very truth is that immense complexity hides behind a simplified marketing concept. A universal standard requires close correlation among all participating companies, creating a fragile chain that could break if any single part becomes vulnerable.
The first major challenge is the required cooperation between end device makers and the digital access ecosystems. Unlike regular smart home devices, Aliro is a standard in addition to Matter. Specifically for door locks, Matter integration is handled by the smart home department while Aliro could be developed and managed by the payment and wallet department of these tech ecosystems. There could be communication gaps and extra administrative costs associated with this separation.
We have seen a similar situation with Samsung SmartThings, as some hubs get faster updates while others managed by Samsung home appliance and smartphone team are months slower without any specific commitment or timeline provided.
Furthermore, unlike Matter, Aliro itself is not open sourced as of now. Community momentum could be noticeably weaker as a result. We currently see open source projects like “Matter.js” thrive immensely to bring up the whole open home community for Matter adoption.
Previously for closed standards like HomeKit and HomeKey, there were unofficial “hacks” to bridge uncertified devices to such platforms with limited features and support. For the current state of Aliro, gaining similar grassroots community adoption could be really tricky.
The article is actually missing a key point to Aliro compared to Matter for smart locks. Aliro is geared more for enterprise than residential smart homes; though, it will be utilized in both situations. This (Backed by Apple, Aliro 1.0 aims to do for enterprise access control what Matter did for the smart home - 9to5Mac) does a much better job of explaining the differences. Similar to the FAQ (Aliro FAQ - CSA-IOT):
"How does Aliro work with Matter?
Aliro specifies the secured use of your mobile phone or wearable in place of a key at the opening. Matter specifies how connected products communicate with each other for a wide variety of command-and-control-related smart home use cases. Aliro and Matter are complementary standards that do not rely upon each other. Readers and devices may support just one or both protocols."
Aliro's biggest benefit in the residential space will be households that use a mixture of Apple and Android smartphones. Aliro certified smart locks will allow for people to use whatever operating system they want in their smart phone and be able to have a "HomeKey" like experience.
