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It basically uses UDP because TCP is too ossified to add any improvements I think.

• kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
  It uses UDP because the internet is broken and there no practical way to add a new layer 4 transport that won't be blocked, dropped, or deprioritized by misconfigured middlemen.
  • fulafel 7y ago
    Arguably we should just have lower perf fallbacks for the broken nets so there would ve pressure to get them fixed. I think QUIC would have been in a good position to do this.
    • Avamander 7y ago
      We can't even pressure networks to use IPv6...
      • fulafel 7y ago
        It's gone slower than ideal but now it's hard to find mobile or fixed ip without v6 in a lot of places.