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Late response I know, but I would say anyone who needs that feature could learn to do it, at least if they are on Hacker News. Maybe bystander isn't the most accurate term, but certainly anyone with criticism could take the gauntlet.

LLVM is very well documented and so are these standards. The open source community is also huge and full of talented contributors and more are always welcome to join. I think there's a reason why Linux and GitHub exist.

So in short, if it's a question of motivation and it's something you need, then become motivated to make it happen. That's more likely to happen then convincing a company to invest in supporting a competitor.