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> What, uh, do they think they're going to do?

They published a charter. They're going to establish guidelines for sustainable web development and tools for measuring your impact. Yes, static architectures will probably be one path for improvement.

> There will always be competing interests, so a body that only exists to checks notes talk about ""sustainability"" on the web feels moot.

I'm not following this point. The existence of entrenched interests means that no opposing interests should be researched? Why is "sustainability" in quotes, is it not a legitimate pursuit, or are you implying that they have ulterior motives?

> They explicitly say hardware is out of scope. Cool.

Hardware is out of scope "unless related to hosting & infrastructure," AKA the cloud. That is an absolutely massive scope within the hardware realm.

> Honestly, reading the manifesto [2] just makes me more angry. It doesn't say anything.

It sounds like you're looking for the guidelines that this group aims to publish. A manifesto in this context is not intended to be a solution or a prescription; it's a framework for alignment towards a goal. The concrete solutions are the goal of the group.






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