Without keep-alive, any HTTPS request requires multiple round trips to complete.
Fortunately every browser made in the last 25 years supports keepalive. e.g. Firefox (and according the the reporter of this bug, Chrome) won't even let you disable it[0].
[0] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=879002
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Fortunately every browser made in the last 25 years supports keepalive. e.g. Firefox (and according the the reporter of this bug, Chrome) won't even let you disable it[0].
[0] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=879002