"How We Measure Standards (and why it’s sort of a problem)" by John Jansen https://medium.com/@thejohnjansen/how-we-measure-standards-and-why-its-sort-of-a-problem-332eacae6cca (/ht @tomayac)
I worked with John on the Edge team, and I was always impressed with his integrity. This is a good post about how browsers approach "standards," and how controlling the narrative is often as important as actually fixing interop bugs.