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by JoelBennett 3626 days ago
Despite the calls of "it's not fair!", I can see what he is getting at. From the end-user perspective, it doesn't matter what the underlying technology is: if it provides a faster (and more secure) experience, it's a win.

If there was some huge drawback to using HTTP/2, I can see why people might cry foul, but whether they like it or not, HTTP/2 is coming, so we might as well embrace it.
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WorldMaker 3626 days ago
Right, users see HTTP and HTTPS, they don't see /1.0 versus /1.1 versus /2.

(There's a good argument that users seeing HTTP versus HTTPS was a mistake, too, versus just secure/unsecure markers in browsers. TLS shouldn't have needed a new port number and URL prefix... but it is way too late to fix that now.)

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josteink 3625 days ago
> if it provides a faster (and more secure) experience, it's a win.

Http/2 without tls would be even faster. Had it not been for someone with an agenda deliberately saying it should not be supported.

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