[itopaloglu83]

Here’s how I see it.

The web should rely on open standards to cultivate innovation and improvement. Having a separate entity would save the project from constant internal battles with other Google products and outside accusations of favoritism. My hope that being an independent entity, browser projects can push for further enhancements. For example, I’m very confused and frustrated about the fact that there is no standard to say “do not track me” that prevents those ugly popups. I already made my decision about ads, why should I repeat it for every website while the browser can enforce it. Just like the location preferences etc.

I do acknowledge however that like any other open source project, the funding would be a great issue.