Thanks to 20+ years of cooperation via standards, most web devs are insulated from the reality that competition (or the threat of it) makes standards possible. It's a shock to recognise that Apple has broken the system so thoroughly that SDOs themselves are at risk:
https://infrequently.org/2025/09/apples-crimes-against-the-internet-community/
Alex Russell
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2025-09-03 15:16:14 UTC
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