Because the web is how we communicate in this day and age. HTML is used for legal, medical, personal, press, cultural, and educational purposes, like paper and

Because the web is how we communicate in this day and age. HTML is used for legal, medical, personal, press, cultural, and educational purposes, like paper and pencil used to be, and stone and chisel before. We can't let our language allow to be taken over by a single commercial entity. We're already experiencing a loss of digital heritage from a decade or two ago. We think we are so advanced, but lack basic means of communication available to former generations. We're seeing digital media being used to influence people at a scale not possible before. We need widespread competence and broad representation for digital media. I guess you don't want to kiss the ring of an ad company if you want to tell and show your grandchildren how our time was like, do you?