What are the pros and cons of using the CDN?

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Pros:

• No need for server configuration since your server is not hosting the library.
• Integrating the library into your app using the CDN would only take a minute compared to hosting it yourself.

Cons:

• No control over the availability of the source files should the CDN servers go down.
• Requires an external connection to the CDN servers to download the library.