The World Wide Web Consortium is at a crossroads. Much of the „Web“ is disappearing into apps and into the big companies‘ walled gardens. If it is to be relevant in the decades to come, it must do everything it can to keep the Web open as an alternative to those walled gardens. We‘re trying hard to help them do that. But if the W3C executive won‘t take the lead on keeping the Web open, they must, at a minimum, not impede those who haven‘t given up the fight.