To clarify: there's no "native" fetch to patch. Both Nuxt and Next have been adding it to the runtime to normalize it across Node.js versions and environments,

To clarify: there's no "native" fetch to patch. Both Nuxt and Next have been adding it to the runtime to normalize it across Node.js versions and environments, and to add critical capabilities that the Web standard lacked (like being able to read the `set-cookie` header or customize `Host`). Worth noting: we've been enabling SSR for React since 2016[1], and some of the largest websites on the internet SSR with Next.js: Twitch, Hulu, Nike, and even parts of Amazon[2] [1] https://vercel.com/blog/next https://vercel.com/blog/next [2] https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/1594779272945627136 https://twitter.com/rauchg/status/1594779272945627136