Just stop comparing REST to GraphQL. GraphQL is great, I am a fan, but this statement makes no sense. Let’s try again. REST is an architectural style. GraphQL Is a protocol and tools. They are not the same thing, so just stop trying to compare them. Thanks in advance.

This discussion exists because 99% of uses of “REST” aren’t as an architectural style and just as an API transport over HTTP.

Used as a synonym for JSON over HTTP with POST to paths that look like methods and all defined in a metadata doc that ties them up to an “API”, but I’m sure glad we got over SOAP & WSDL ;)