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People argue both sides of this. If Google implements a new protocol on their servers and their clients without standardizing it, they're end-running the standa
by zmj 6y ago
People argue both sides of this. If Google implements a new protocol on their servers and their clients without standardizing it, they're end-running the standards process or embrace-extend-extinguishing the open internet. If they do standardize it and then deploy the standard implementation, they're.. I don't even know, making billions of page loads faster and that's bad because they're Google?
What's the right way for Google to improve their internet-facing services at a protocol level?
- KyeRussell 6y agoI imagine that a prerequisite is to hire every person that'd complain about this stuff on Hacker News, so that they'd be on Google's team.
- millstone 6y agoThe underlying concern is that Google is in a position to dictate. They control most phones and most browsers and the most popular websites. Any standardization is pro forma, because what matters is what Chrome/Android/google.com does, and not what the standard says. An emperor can build trust by relinquishing power.
- mariusmarais 6y agoWhat you're proposing as a solution has already happened: Google relinquished their control over this protocol to the IETF, where it changed so much as to be incompatible with Google's original. Now they're updating their own deployment, making it compatible with the updated standard. Chrome/Android/google.com is literally changing what they do to match what the standard says.