In retrospect the Extensible Web Manifesto was a really bad idea. It's an agreement to focus on features that 1% of developers (generously) can even understand, thus creating a generation of developers who have next to no understanding of the platform they build for.
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Replying to @matthewcp
I don't think the EWM implies what you think it does. Many important recent features are from explaining existing features: custom elements, shadow DOM, intersection and resize observer, CSS custom variables, shadow parts, custom state, constructible stylesheets, Houdini...
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Replying to @justinfagnani
Those are nice features that few developers use due to the new gatekeepers being the framework authors who happen not to care for them. By ceding their relationship with developers, the web platform lost the ability to influence trends.
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Replying to @matthewcp
EWM isn't related to ceding the relationship though. The problem there is that EWM hadn't had enough time to play out. React or Angular would have definitely still happened without EWM, but coming out today would look a lot different...
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*were already happening* If anything, Mozilla et. al. delaying WC for multiple years was biggest contributor to lost race. But it will play out regardless.
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