>but it should definitely be much cheaper since you can lean on the client's compute rather than solely your own servers. The only part you offload is the rend

>but it should definitely be much cheaper since you can lean on the client's compute rather than solely your own servers. The only part you offload is the rendering of the final html/css. Your servers still need to serve the raw html/css, the js and the api requests. The difference between that and server rendered html is so small as to be a rounding error even for google. >Given the popularity of facebook/reddit/twitter/gmail Tolerance and popularity are two different things. And old reddit is still incredibly popular despite not having an update in three years. The only time you should even think about using client side rendering is when you need an application that is seamless. Other than maps, office and full blown desktop environments there is no reason to ever use client side rendering.