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Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts

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858 points colesantiago | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bergfest ◴[02 Sep 25 21:16 UTC] No.45109168[source]▶
They should be barred from shipping experimental or non-standardized features in Chrome to prevent them from abusing their monopoly and forcing others hands by creating de-facto standards without a fair discourse. Experimental features should be allowed in special Chrome builds targeted at developers only, and not be allowed to come preinstalled on any consumer device.
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skybrian ◴[02 Sep 25 21:30 UTC] No.45109309[source]▶
Why? It seems like new API's should be tested with real users before becoming a web standard, and origin trials were a big improvement over what happened before with webkit specific CSS, etc.
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1. maxloh ◴[03 Sep 25 01:23 UTC] No.45111238[source]▶
This is actually the case for ECMAScript (JavaScript).

All proposals must first be implemented by some browser vendors at Stage 3:

> The proposal has been recommended for implementation.

Then, the proposal shall be included in the standard at Stage 4:

> Two compatible implementations which pass the Test262 acceptance tests

https://tc39.es/process-document/