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No, this is just "doing your own thing in a way that doesn't affect anyone else, and allows you to gather data to cite when designing the standard."

>>derefr+(OP)
In the browsers anything that's not behind a flag is immediately relied on by people.

So no, you shouldn't ask for forgiveness and pretend that you're just gathering data.

That's why what Google is routinely doing now (releasing APIs after a very short period in origin trial and without ever reaching consensus) is so dangerous.

>>derefr+(OP)
It does affect everyone else when it starts breaking compatibility.