Re:Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC
by majewsky on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @06:38PM
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> The fastest internet would be one without ads
I don't disagree with your sentiment. However, their biggest gains in terms of percentage points (as discussed in the article) are for YouTube. And YouTube wouldn't be significantly faster without ads in the way that browsing primarily textual websites is faster without ads. Getting buffering times down is actually a substantial improvement here esp. on flaky connections. (Though the article doesn't make it clear whether flaky connections specifically benefit from QUIC.)
Re:Chrome is deploying HTTP/3 and IETF QUIC
by voixdelaraison on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @10:33PM
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Waiting for pre-roll ads on YouTube certainly slows down the viewing experience. I do not use the YouTube JavaScript player. I download the video using a custom script and an HTTP client like tnftp and watch offline. Google is suggesting that users use their browser, their website and their internal player to view someone else's video file, so Google can serve ads, do tracking and collect analytics. The testing is not something generic like downloading a file from a server; instead, it uses Google protocol, Google browser, Google website, Google player and is announced on Google blog.
All to show it will benefit everyone, of course.
When "everyone" uses your software/websites, you can get away with this, much like Microsoft did back in the day. Internal Windows programs ran faster and seemed more stable than third party software written to run on Windows. It generally offered better "UX", to use today's lingo.
The thing that is totally ignored by the myopic focus is the value of not being part of the Borg. Putting small speed differences aside, that value is not insubstantial, though the Google communications department is not responsible for keeping users informed about anything more than the value of Google.
The fastest internet would be one without ads (not to mention the other benefits). Google will not inform anyone about that. It is not included in any tests.