one nit to pick... there are still people stuck on slow connections. they are not always there by choice. In some cases the infrastructure is lagging the advances in content proliferation. when you get to dialup (the remaining ubiquitous and typically unlimited connectivity) running HTTPS where it is not needed is painful. v90 is only able to achieve compression on HTTP traffic. HTTPS traffic ends up moving at 40-50% the speed of HTTP traffic. While data security is certainly a valid objective, not everything moving as HTTPS needs to do so.
It's a trade off. Security vs performance. Personally, I think a small reduction in performance for a massive increase in security is a worthwhile exchange. Other people don't think so.
I'm not attempting to verify the veracity of OP's statement but, going on face value, OP says "40%-50% slower". Surely you do not consider that a small reduction in performance, do you?
I don't recognise the 40%-50% figure. I've been using the HTTPS-Everywhere Firefox addon and I notice a very small slow down on some sites, and nothing noticeable on others.
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one nit to pick... there are still people stuck on slow connections. they are not always there by choice. In some cases the infrastructure is lagging the advances in content proliferation. when you get to dialup (the remaining ubiquitous and typically unlimited connectivity) running HTTPS where it is not needed is painful. v90 is only able to achieve compression on HTTP traffic. HTTPS traffic ends up moving at 40-50% the speed of HTTP traffic. While data security is certainly a valid objective, not everything moving as HTTPS needs to do so.
It's a trade off. Security vs performance. Personally, I think a small reduction in performance for a massive increase in security is a worthwhile exchange. Other people don't think so.
I'm not attempting to verify the veracity of OP's statement but, going on face value, OP says "40%-50% slower". Surely you do not consider that a small reduction in performance, do you?
I don't recognise the 40%-50% figure. I've been using the HTTPS-Everywhere Firefox addon and I notice a very small slow down on some sites, and nothing noticeable on others.