OpenAI's WebRTC Problem — WebRTC Expert Argues QUIC/WebTransport Is Far Superior for Voice AI — 318 Points on HN

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A WebRTC expert at moq.dev published a detailed May 6 analysis arguing that WebRTC is fundamentally wrong for OpenAI's Realtime API: it aggressively drops packets to maintain low latency (bad for voice AI where accuracy matters more than speed), and its port allocation creates severe load-balancing challenges at scale. The author proposes QUIC via WebTransport as the alternative, citing 1 RTT handshakes vs. 8+ for WebRTC, stateless load balancing via receiver-chosen connection IDs, and anycast routing without persistent routing tables.