[JohnCurran]

https://twitter.com/estark37/status/1422694856544059396

> as a developer it's good practice to test against early release channels of major browsers to learn about any compatibility issues upfront

This is a rather alarming viewpoint which I think highlights Chrome's quest to become the One True Implementation of web standards. In addition to the major browser vendors I'm now supposed to be testing against beta and nightly builds in order to ensure that my website is not going to break because Google decided to eliminate something? Yikes.

[victorvation]

Contrary to what seems to be Google's belief, most websites are _not_ continuously deployed SPAs with a team of engineers who work on each release. The indifference shown to actual developers here is staggering.

[fleddr]

Well said. It's stunning how ignorant Google is about the web. The vast majority of the web is old and poorly maintained or not maintained at all. It relies on things not breaking, web tech being backwards compatible.

This assumption that behind every website is a team of developers maintaining it for its entire lifecycle is a stubborn and elitist Google fantasy.

[klyrs]

They're imperious, but never ignorant. A website without a team of maintainers is beneath their concern. What are you going to do, fax them a nastygram about it?

[fleddr]

You're right, we can't do much about it. Even if a Google change harms a million people, they consider it peanuts.

Yet..."arrogance precedes the fall".

One day they will pay the price for their carelessness and harm, and I welcome that day.