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What are specific examples of Google shaping web standards, especially ones that require browser support? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's no secret that Google has a very large influence. They have influenced web pages into being highly optimized for high search engine rankings, and have pushed AMP: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/07/googles-amp-canonical-web-and-importance-web-standards-0. However I haven't found any concrete examples of Google pushing web standards that have been adopted and require browser support. I've read comments here and there like this one, that the Shadow DOM was created and pushed by Google, perhaps to make it harder to block ads, but didn't find any sources on that.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

IIRC: webp webm file extensions, and VP8/VP9 video format.