> ... websites where instead of an HTTPS loadbalancer you put a video-streaming (Mighty?) server in front of your backend. How’s that for a crazy idea?<p>It is not that crazy. It decreases latency, but also: disables any browser plugins (including ad-blockers!); disables alternative browsers and older versions of one and allows devs to embrace monoculture; disables any user customizations like fonts or stylesheets; disables scraping, "reader view" and most forms of automated data extraction; disables user's ability to mess with cookies.<p>This idea is horrible for freedom of the user and is real regression for advanced users. But it does make websites faster, and developers' work easier, so I am sure it is going to be implemented by major websites eventualy.<p>The only hope is that accessibility concerns will stop it. But I am not holding my breath for this.