From the first 1 minute and 15 seconds of the video:<p>&gt; &quot;With WebSQL being deprecated, and IndexedDB not providing structured queries, web developers need a tool to satisfy their structured query needs.&quot;<p>&gt; &quot;Web app developers need structured queries to work in the mobile world.&quot;<p>&gt; &quot;With IndexedDB ... there&#x27;s a steeeep learning curve to make it useful for your app.  Moreover, IndexedDB does not provide structured queries.&quot;<p>&gt; &quot;IndexedDB does not offer structured query features, such as sorting by multiple columns, or joining the results of multiple tables.&quot;<p>As someone that looked forward to WebSQL, this is painful to hear.  Many of us realized the above from the beginning.  Yet, some in the standards committee found a way to shoot down WebSQL, w&#x2F;vague rationale such as &quot;we don&#x27;t feel it&#x27;s the best path for the web&quot;.<p>Well, thank you.  Instead of giving us one of the most well tested SQL implementations (SQL Lite) that addresses all of the above, and much more, we were shoved a harder to use, more verbose, and less powerful alternative (IndexedDB).  And as a result, we&#x27;re having to implement our own relational databases.  In JavaScript.  4-5 years later.<p>No offense to Lovefield, but it represents everything wrong w&#x2F;the decision to deprecate WebSQL and implement IndexedDB instead.  It was also the single-most decision that made me lose faith in the standards committee.