It can download faster due to using more modern features (parallel downloading, If-Modified-Since) but the main focus is to make a cleaner codebase which is bui

It can download faster due to using more modern features (parallel downloading, If-Modified-Since) but the main focus is to make a cleaner codebase which is built around a reusable library, so it's easier to add features and make other code which uses those features, and so the libcurl monoculture gets a little fire under its ass.