That attitude basically endorses the idea that the spec is God-given. There's nothing so important about getting the spec changed before you start ignoring it.
> That attitude basically endorses the idea that the spec is God-given
That's a tad over-dramatic. And context matters, surely I don't need to remind you why Google is spending so much money on Chrome?
Having a company control 70% of the browser market is bad enough, we don't need people telling them to go ahead and ignore specs, remember that they don't make those decisions out of goodwill for us.