Unfortunately, I think the war is already lost. Web standards, just like Firefox, are both kept around by google so that they can pretend they don't control the web.
I am not at all certain they can be unseated, implementing a new browser or even just maintaining a fork of an existing one is a herculean task beyond the capability of all but the largest organisations.
I think if more stuff like this happens we are going to see a proliferation of home grown solutions for lots of controls for no reason, div class=button on everything even more than now.
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Unfortunately, I think the war is already lost. Web standards, just like Firefox, are both kept around by google so that they can pretend they don't control the web.
I am not at all certain they can be unseated, implementing a new browser or even just maintaining a fork of an existing one is a herculean task beyond the capability of all but the largest organisations.
I think if more stuff like this happens we are going to see a proliferation of home grown solutions for lots of controls for no reason, div class=button on everything even more than now.