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I wouldn't call the "web standards" actual standards in any meaningful sense; real standards change slowly, while web "standards" churn routinely according to the whims of Big Tech.


All standards development groups have to deal with people that don't help; that just complain and diminish the work of others.


When "the work of others" is to further a monopoly, it should not be considered acceptable.


Are you arguing that there's gatekeeping at the standards organizations where all parties disclose their interests (Use Cases)?

Independent, state, academia, and industry are all invited to contribute time to open [web] standards that solve for many users and use cases.

W3C Process Document > 2. Members and the Team: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/#Organization

"The IETF process: an informal guide" > 2.6. Bodies involved in the process: https://www.ietf.org/standards/process/informal/

Ecma By-laws > Art. 3: Membership: https://www.ecma-international.org/policies/by-laws/

Ecma TC39 (ECMAscript (JS)) Process matrix: https://tc39.es/process-document/




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