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by jlg23 3252 days ago
The difference is that in pure RESTful APIs you don't have that ability anymore. So, when all you know is RESTful design, GraphQL is solving a problem. But in the end you'll still implement a "plain old http" API when interfaces have stabilized and performance matters.

Until then, what you gain is "only" a completely decoupled backend that will accommodate frontend developers work in exchange for more generic logic in the backend. Not necessarily a bad thing, if this is how your shop works.