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Random thought, but why don't Windows & Apple just download all of Google fonts and serve them with Windows/Mac. The amount of bandwidth saved just from having
by dubcanada 6y ago
Random thought, but why don't Windows & Apple just download all of Google fonts and serve them with Windows/Mac.
The amount of bandwidth saved just from having those set indexed locally is most likely worth it.
Or why doesn't Chrome upon install locally cache all of Google fonts and maybe a few other key CDN files (jquery, etc)?
Just thinking out-loud.
- blacksmith_tb 6y agoI suppose one argument might be versioning, (some) fonts do get updates (and js libs should, you'd hope), they'd either have to ship those with OS updates or let them rot. And of course it would make those updates bigger, which would use more bandwidth and thus energy...
- kasabali 6y ago> Or why doesn't Chrome upon install locally cache all of Google fonts and maybe a few other key CDN files (jquery, etc)? Because that'd give them less opportunities for tracking everyone across the internet.