There are three facets to any protocol, API, or standard in software: The spec, the intent of the spec, and the implementation of the spec. Doesn't matter wha

There are three facets to any protocol, API, or standard in software: The spec, the intent of the spec, and the implementation of the spec. Doesn't matter what the docs say; what matters is what performance testing shows. Docs lie. And even if Chrome lucked into a cheaper implementation: that luck has given them a market edge.