> Documents are the quintessential use case for the Web, full stop, and they're the direct object of whatever the verb form of "Google Docs" would be. You seem

> Documents are the quintessential use case for the Web, full stop, and they're the direct object of whatever the verb form of "Google Docs" would be. You seem to be basing your whole point on the misplaced idea that the web is great at displaying, nay was specifically made to display Google Docs' class of content. This is incorrect. At its core, Google Docs is a typesetting engine with semantics and features that don't align well with HTML+CSS. Typesetting is about graphics, the web (and HTML) is about content. They're very different use cases. > [...] what this is is just shy of an abrogation of their responsibility to act as a steward for the Web Google has no obligation, either moral or legal, to be a technical leader. They're simply a market player. The only way in which I care about this change is how it affects me as a user and it's nowhere near as catastrophic as you make it sound imho.