> The worst thing that could happen is One Platform To Rule Them All, if that platform is controlled by a company for its own interests.
The web is not controlled by one company.
Edit: For the downvoters, the html5 APIs are made of contributions from mozilla, microsoft, opera, yahoo, apple, google and many more. How many companies participate in writing the iOS API?
Exactly. Web standards - or standards in general - are not a player in a competition; they are a field upon which to play. We want everyone playing on that field.
The worst thing that could happen is One Platform To Rule Them All, if that platform is controlled by a company for its own interests.