> This is exactly the attitude that has left us with only three complete extant implementations of the web, two of which are controlled by an ad company.
No, adding complex new interfaces and then demanding that every browser implement them quickly is what does that. Google is not proposing to reign in that behavior.
> a) freeze the standard
Yes, or rather new features should become rarer over time.
> and with the web as a whole, we are firmly headed towards option c)
Which has nothing to do with backwards compatibility but with Chromes appetite for adding new APIs, presumably with exactly this outcome being their goal.
No, adding complex new interfaces and then demanding that every browser implement them quickly is what does that. Google is not proposing to reign in that behavior.
> a) freeze the standard
Yes, or rather new features should become rarer over time.
> and with the web as a whole, we are firmly headed towards option c)
Which has nothing to do with backwards compatibility but with Chromes appetite for adding new APIs, presumably with exactly this outcome being their goal.