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The passage you cited (eg. W3C's motivation) is what I'm having trouble understanding. Why does the Web have to be everything to everybody? If "content provider
by tannhaeuser 9y ago
The passage you cited (eg. W3C's motivation) is what I'm having trouble understanding. Why does the Web have to be everything to everybody? If "content providers" want apps and DRM, so be it IMHO; let them build up a content network and buy in from users. Why does the Web need to compete here? Why lend credibility and accessibility to closed-world networks? Why not let the Web be the place for text content and information it was designed for, rather than foobar web standards?
- icc97 9y agoFor the W3C to have importance then the web needs to be the main delivery mechanism. If Netflix can just say "either do what we want or we'll just use another solution", then they can force through their demands. I think using apps seems a backwards step to the days of having to write cross platform software. So it's better if there is just the one delivery mechanism that Apple and Google don't have total control over.