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You didn't understand the article. It's talking about existing TCP traffic here, not QUIC.
> I don't see why the people tasked with standardizing Internet protocols now have to make provisions for the jerks who literally break the Internet.
1) A lot of them are the same people and 2) internet protocols are worthless without adoption, which is why we're still groping towards IPv6.
Or for a shorter answer: Politics.
> How is this bit even useful for anything?
Here's an internet draft proposing adding a spin bit which discussed, among other things, some uses for it: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-trammell-quic-spin-01
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You didn't understand the article. It's talking about existing TCP traffic here, not QUIC.
> I don't see why the people tasked with standardizing Internet protocols now have to make provisions for the jerks who literally break the Internet.
1) A lot of them are the same people and 2) internet protocols are worthless without adoption, which is why we're still groping towards IPv6.
Or for a shorter answer: Politics.
> How is this bit even useful for anything?
Here's an internet draft proposing adding a spin bit which discussed, among other things, some uses for it: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-trammell-quic-spin-01