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W3C is not an organization focused on morals. It is an organization which exists to advocate for and codify open web standards (note, not an open web, but ope
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W3C is not an organization focused on morals. It is an organization which exists to advocate for and codify open web standards (note, not an open web, but open standards).
- shmerl 9y agoThey sold out those standards to DRM proponents, so that ends the trust of them working for the common good.
- favorited 9y agoAgain, they're not charged with "the common good." Their goal is, "if there is going to be DRM content served via HTTP + web browsers, we should provide a standard API for it so browsers can implement it natively without plugins." Their place is to be pragmatic and technical, not political.
- shmerl 9y agoThis isn't political, it's ethical.