Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-text] Reconsider the initial value of the `text-autospace` property (#12386)

@sakupi01 
> This makes me think that the default should match what most users actually prefer - but that's exactly what we're struggling to figure out.
> ...shipping with `no-autospace` seems sensible to me, also with web-compat and performance issues.

Agreed. Compared to [`text-spacing-trim`](https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text-4/#text-spacing-trim-property), `text-autospace` is:
* **Authors' Preference** is a lot more controversial.
* **Web-compat** is similarly impacted, but when preferences are a lot more controversial, forcing on is likely to cause more complaints.
* **Performance** is a lot more impacted. It's more difficult, or impossible, to optimize for non-CJK scripts due to the nature of the feature.

I don't have data if authors wanting no-autospace is more than authors wanting autospace or vice versa, but given these situation, the exact ratio doesn't matter. It's controversial enough to worry about risks.

Before, I assumed that it's a lot less controversial, and it has less web-compat impacts. Thanks again @sakupi01 and @frivoal for providing data to correct me.

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