zipped JSON is basically what every websites uses, the zip is just handled by the network layer.
Now, I understand the general argument for JSON, but for lottie, there's not much to read or edit in it. It's just incomprehensible bag of numbers, or even worse - base64 strings. You need to process it with program anyway. It's not better than any binary format, just bigger.
JSON itself is the least of lottie's problems though. The semantics of is the real issue, because it imposes a lot of work on the implementation.
Now, I understand the general argument for JSON, but for lottie, there's not much to read or edit in it. It's just incomprehensible bag of numbers, or even worse - base64 strings. You need to process it with program anyway. It's not better than any binary format, just bigger.
JSON itself is the least of lottie's problems though. The semantics of is the real issue, because it imposes a lot of work on the implementation.