docs: update flag ownership doc

It's a bit stale at this point, since it was written when we initially
rolled flag ownership out. Update it with some best practices, notes
from experience about what to avoid, and better examples.

Bug: None
Change-Id: Iec0faf6c9754dd68e29e15f2959c71b5becb62f6
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/4135206
Reviewed-by: Avi Drissman <avi@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Elly Fong-Jones <ellyjones@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#1089427}
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