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Re:The novel HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' DDoS attack by shepherdjerred on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @06:39PM (#37838649)
What incentive would most businesses have to do what you're describing?

It is _much_ faster, cheaper, and easier to build a bloated website than an optimized one. Similarly, it is much easier to enable HTTP2 than it is to fix the root of the problem.

I'm not saying that it's right -- anyone without a fast connection or who cares about their privacy isn't getting a great deal here.

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Re:The novel HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' DDoS attack by the8472 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @06:55PM (#37838821)
Most businesses are not in a position to push through a new network protocol for the entire planet! So if we lived in a world with fewer monopolies then protocols might have evolved more incrementally. Though we'd presumably still have gotten something like BBR because congestion algorithms can be implemented unilaterally.
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Re:The novel HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' DDoS attack by immibis on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @10:33PM (#37840255)
What incentive do most businesses have to make your checkout process smooth, have automatic doors, or provide shopping carts? Simple: customers like the easiest business to shop at.
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