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The pitch for single page apps was always “it’s faster after the first load”. Google’s Core Web Vitals, used in search ranking, now measure soft navigations. It’s true: LCP drops by about a third. But, I don't think SPAs are ever really worth all the compromises and extra code.

There are still a few thing I dont think you can do without client side (soft) navigation. - uninterupted media - persistant connection (though I think this can be solved with a service worker)

For the first, keep an eye on this: - chromestatus.com/feature/5155... - github.com/WICG/persist... - groups.google.com/a/chromium.o...

Why a new element instead of an attribute on an iframe?