This is whining about process and not getting your way, which just confirms my earlier hypothesis about fragile egos.

Apple are complaining here about their own failure to be convincing. They’ve then had the better part of a decade to find a better approach, and produced nothing concrete. Compounding one failure with another doesn’t improve their position.

This isn’t David v Goliath; WHATWG has four members, and none of them are underdogs. None of the participants here deserve even a shred of sympathy.