The author has very limited knowledge of the web, its history, or the W3C's ambitions (not to mention WHATWG, IETF, ECMA, etc.). His view of the web in general is bafflingly myopic, with an almost completely arbitrary understanding of the businesses discussed. It should come as no surprise that the conclusions he draws are non sequitur.

So why has this been upvoted? Why is this on HN at all? It's ignorant nonsense. This should be obvious to anyone who's spent more than a few hours researching these topics. Please stop taking no-nothing randos seriously.