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Most people don’t need it, so that’s why they don’t want it. OP didn’t say people object to it, just that it’s not something most people cares about.
by aflag 4y ago
Most people don’t need it, so that’s why they don’t want it. OP didn’t say people object to it, just that it’s not something most people cares about.
- hot_gril 4y agoIt's fairly common to want P2P connections, even if the users aren't aware of it. A lot of online games rely on NAT traversal, sometimes automatically picking a host based on whoever's NAT it can get past. I don't remember the details, but even the Nintendo Switch cares about NAT. A lot of would-be P2P applications end up using a relay server to get around that restriction, which adds significant cost and latency. Sure it's a well-established workaround by now, but it'd be nice not to rely on it.