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by wendall911 5169 days ago
"Websockets: Everyone uses socket.io and for good reason."

This is stated as a fact, but I really just think it is a case of this was the only choice for a long time. I'd like to know the reason, because I don't think there is a clear one here. Other than socket.io couples a ton of baked in functionality, what's the benefit of it over sock.js or just native websockets?

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Agreed. I use native websocket because I don't care about supporting IE<v10