> However, most people would agree that the balance of power effectively lies with the browser vendors It lies with two groups: the implementers (as nothing ca

> However, most people would agree that the balance of power effectively lies with the browser vendors It lies with two groups: the implementers (as nothing can become a standard without implementations, though there's plenty of precedent for using obscure ones!) and the W3C Members (i.e., the paying organisations who pay to get a seat; not those who contribute on mailing lists/GitHub/whatever, not those who are officially on the working groups as "invited experts") who ultimately vote on the proposed standard (and there Google has as much say as the BBC and Boeing and the University of Edinburgh.