Theoretical performance doesn't matter in UX, only real world. Yes conceptually it's possible to make protobuffs faster than json, but someone still has to buil

Theoretical performance doesn't matter in UX, only real world. Yes conceptually it's possible to make protobuffs faster than json, but someone still has to build that. Fast native json parsers already exist, that's the benchmark protobuffs has to beat significantly to make the worse DX worth it.