I think we've seen pretty clearly that if it weren't for other engines existing (and even with them), Chrome will kind of ignore the W3C and just do whatever the hell it wants. Monopolies are bad for the web. Always.
I was a web developer back in the Bad Old Days. I remember. What I recall most was that compat constrained competitors when MSFT disbanded IE team in '01/'02. Proprietary gunk, no shared tests, no OSS, underdeveloped specs, etc.
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How (or is) the world different today? How does that affect calculus? Folks shouting about engine diversity have to be able to answer what it's *for*.
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Say it with me now, one more time: "It's for ensuring that no one platform/corporation gets to determine the direction the web takes."
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