Post #1365399

2022-12-16 21:52 UTC

@cdub @Edent Chris, as I said (several times now) I don't at all hold Google responsible for W3C's current woes. I'll add that I am thankful for the work you personally have done. I do however believe that Google is a very serious problem for the Web and one that we need to solve. I don't think that I've been particularly discreet about this opinion or that it would surprise any Member who voted for me.

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@robin@mastodon.social 2022-12-16 21:55

@cdub @Edent This doesn't mean that I can't collaborate with Googlers when we're aligned on a smaller goal and in fact I believe that I do, on generally friendly terms. It also doesn't mean that I don't respect you or other Googlers. We do, however, disagree very strongly about either what the values of an open society are or about how to go about implementing them.

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@cdub@mastodon.social 2022-12-16 22:31

@robin @Edent The fact that centralization is a very serious problem we actually agree on. I would encourage you to dig back in the W3C Vision document effort to see who put "do not favor centralization" as core principle. (Spoiler alert, it was me: https://github.com/w3c/AB-public/commit/0aeea69d280bcbdba903fa453184b1a3b403df6e)

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