I'm really happy to see QUIC pushed, not because I personally have a use for it but because it's a battering ram against network non-neutrality and what I've come to call "network nerfing."
Now all those ISPs, IT departments, and cloud providers that de-prioritize or outright block UDP will get "bug reports" about things being "slow" or not working.
Now all those traffic shaping middle-boxes are worthless, and your ISP can no longer spy on your requests to gather marketing data about you.
The Internet is an IP network, not a TCP/80 and TCP/443 network.
Now all those ISPs, IT departments, and cloud providers that de-prioritize or outright block UDP will get "bug reports" about things being "slow" or not working.
Now all those traffic shaping middle-boxes are worthless, and your ISP can no longer spy on your requests to gather marketing data about you.
The Internet is an IP network, not a TCP/80 and TCP/443 network.