SSE makes HTTP streaming dead simple. MQTT requires a server/broker and for data to be marshaled/unmarshaled at each end. HTTP streaming can be just text. No

SSE makes HTTP streaming dead simple. MQTT requires a server/broker and for data to be marshaled/unmarshaled at each end. HTTP streaming can be just text. Not to mention HTTP identifies the resource by path in the URI, and easily routes right through proxies. TCP is not nearly that accessible.