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In my opinion Google Hosted Libraries[1] are the best way to go if you're serving "big" commonly used JavaScript libraries to folks.

One of the major upsides is that it's so heavily used, that a user probably already has it cached in their browser. At least that's the idea, not sure of actual numbers.

[1]: https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/devguide



And we add another nail in the "decentralized" web's coffin and give Google even more data.

Hosting a 32kb library yourself shouldn't be that hard in the days of 50mbps+ LTE mobile internet.


I agree with this sentiment.

For development purposes ('grab the latest version, from Google because it's convenient') I'd go with Google, for a production deployment not so much.


I agree with you but to pull number out of thin air. I would honestly be surprised if 50mbps+ LTE mobile internet is even 1% of the connected internet.


latency?




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