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by Matthias247 1951 days ago
Besides what is already mentioned in sibling comments:

QUIC requires one less RTT for connection establishment than TCP+TLS, which reduces the time to first byte on new connections.

Besides this QUIC allows the client to migrate between different IP addresses and networks. This means that e.g. a download on a phone doesn't get interrupted if the user moves from cellular to WiFi.