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Re:HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 explained by srj on Thursday March 14, 2024 @01:50PM (#39706957)
Each of those connections needs its own TCP and TLS handshake making a total of 6 trips. Also, although this didn't take off, h2 had push promise which could have been a big help.
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Re:HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 explained by pi-e-sigma on Thursday March 14, 2024 @02:11PM (#39707164)
Yeah HTTP/2 push is so great that Chrome removed it. Straight from the horse mouth: "However, it was problematic as Jake Archibald wrote about previously, and the performance benefits were often difficult to realize" https://developer.chrome.com/blog/removing-push
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