have you heard of protobuf?

[wethecom]

hello joel
i wanted to let you know about googles protobuf
it is like a binary json with a security layer in binary .. they compress and serialize
you use json and i though i should let you know about this
take the time look at it .. consider it as a option .. its fast for server comunications
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72mPlAfHIjs

[Joel]

Hi there,

Thanks for the message, we have indeed heard of Protobuf. However, we've intentionally opted to go with the JSON format as it's pretty much the de facto in serialisation at this point, it's more maintainable, and there are no tangible benefits of using Protobuf in the context of serialising Unity data.

All the best,
Joel