The moment locales webpack plugin goes a very long way toward dealing with the size downside of the library.
That said, we wouldn't be in this position if more companies used a shared CDN for libraries instead of always bundling them.
That said, we wouldn't be in this position if more companies used a shared CDN for libraries instead of always bundling them.
That helps with transfer but clients still have to parse and execute the javascript which can be significant, especially on mobile devices.