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While QUIC is an open protocol and the source is available, I personally believe the issues here are: - Google has majority share of browsers with Chrome - Ch
by bsclifton 9y ago
While QUIC is an open protocol and the source is available, I personally believe the issues here are:
- Google has majority share of browsers with Chrome
- Chrome has QUIC enabled by default (opt out via chrome://flags)
- Google has a large amount of resourcing allocated to Chrome/Chromium. They ultimately control whether or not code is accepted
- Google also owns DoubleClick; ads are already being pushed using QUIC
- Regular end users are likely not aware of QUIC. Sure, a more advanced user can show it in the dev tools if you enable it and then look for it. But the problem is more that people aren't aware this is something to look for and they are opted into this
Showing a banner and trying to sell a product is one thing. But using a protocol that the user is not explicitly approving of to track / advertise is another thing. It seems to me (and maybe I'm wrong) that they are using their borderline-monopoly position in the browser market to opt people into questionable advertising technology
- mbleigh 9y agoWhat effect does a transfer protocol have on the average user? If they knew, why would they care? Genuinely curious.
- bsclifton 9y agoHow widely adopted is QUIC outside of Google? If Google (including DoubleClick, etc) sites are the only ones using QUIC, it's a little unusual IMO to enable an experimental protocol by default For example: this technology looks cool. How can I take advantage of QUIC to speed up my personal hosted content? Is there a module for nginx or an Apache mod_quic I can install? The code is out there of course, but it seems prebuilt options are limited