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		int_19h on Jan 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Blocking Web Privacy Proposals at W3C (2019... The real problem is that Google, due to ownership of Blink/Chrome, has so much power de facto that the W3C process cannot meaningfully prevent them from doing whatever they like anyway - if W3C doesn't follow, it risks a repeat of WHATWG.

tssva on Jan 26, 2021 [–]

I'm not sure why the W3C should have the power to prevent anybody from doing anything.

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