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But why? And is this a new thing? Or an existing thing gaining visibility in devtools?

Someone at Google had to justify its 6 figure salary. Plus s/he probably made a point about how this will ensure modal ads coming on top of everything else.

You joke but I've read this is literally how Google's internal politics work.

It's any $BigCo. The work isn't for the community, it's to impress your manager, with fanfare, and get your name on something and that raise/promotion.

A truly FOSS Chromium team, or a revitalized Firefox team would be better for managing rendering engines and specs. Maybe just taking the big guys out of the specs would be a good start.

LOL, but I wasn't joking.

yeah.. why?

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