Let me just stress that the effect of Zstandard on individual end-user latency is a rounding error. No user will ever go: “That was a quick loading web site. Must be Zstandard!”. The effect is solely Cloudflare having to spend x% less bandwidth to deliver the content, saving on their network and server resources.
If it saves them money, great. That also means resources saved, and that also means it's better for the planet, thus better for humanity. I'm failing to see the disadvantage.
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Let me just stress that the effect of Zstandard on individual end-user latency is a rounding error. No user will ever go: “That was a quick loading web site. Must be Zstandard!”. The effect is solely Cloudflare having to spend x% less bandwidth to deliver the content, saving on their network and server resources.
If it saves them money, great. That also means resources saved, and that also means it's better for the planet, thus better for humanity. I'm failing to see the disadvantage.
GP didn’t say it has a disadvantage. Just explaining what it means