[kjksf]

One reason is to be able to call gRPC service from a web browser. Native JSON support makes that much easier.

[johnbellone]

There has recently been a lot of work for native grpc client in the browser. It’s not fully there yet but is looking real promising!

https://github.com/improbable-eng/grpc-web

[weitzj]

Also grpc web is coming along

https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web

[askz]

Link is dead