[vivekseth]

For single server/database web-apps, CRDTs might be useful because they allow offline edits, and (to me at least) they are simple to understand and implement. OT does allow offline edits too, but (I think) has poor performance if there are many offline edits.

For multi server/database web-apps, CRDTs might be useful because they reduce the centralization required for collaboration, and increase the fault tolerance. In a load balanced web app, different clients could connect to different servers/databases and stil achieve eventual consistency when those back-end systems sync up. If any of those systems go down, in theory traffic could be routed to other systems seamlessly.