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Re:In protest of the web{*} bulldozer, a response to websock... by pferde on Thursday May 21, 2020 @03:57AM (#23255880)
I don't think it's about the manpower, but more about controlling a browser engine that powers an ever-increasing number of mainstream browsers.

Chrome's lumbering march to total dominance has been frightening to watch for many years now, and it only seems to be accelerating.

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Re:In protest of the web{*} bulldozer, a response to websock... by londons_explore on Thursday May 21, 2020 @04:16AM (#23255989)
The fact they accept PRs from outside changes your argument a little.

If you have a good idea for a new web standard, you can download the chromium source, add your new standard, build your cool webservice to work with it, and send the chromium OWNERS (many of whom don't work for Google) a PR.

Sure, there will be a bunch of rounds of review and questioning if your feature really is suitable for the whole web, but at the end of the day you'll probably get it in. Then you can add it to Firefox. You could theoretically add it to safari too, but they don't really like taking PR's these days...

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