Yes, I would describe this as a liability. It costs more to implement basic html interpretation with zero benefit
The benefit accrues to developers, who get more consistent behavior across browsers. In the bad old days, errors that one browser might silently recover from would trigger unspecified recover behavior on other browsers that wasn't consistent.
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The benefit accrues to developers, who get more consistent behavior across browsers. In the bad old days, errors that one browser might silently recover from would trigger unspecified recover behavior on other browsers that wasn't consistent.