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This is a minor point release. Ownership is a major feature that will make it into Swift in the near future. Performance improvements are also being made regularly.
You don't have to use Combine (or RxSwift), but FRP is everywhere (see http://reactivex.io). And the toolsets are there if you need them.
Backend development? Two problems - not enough workforce - every Swift developer is iOS developer. Second - every not so mature framework on https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/ is just so god damn slow.
Async/await support that is totally extensible and can be used with any backend concurrency system, not just dispatch queues.
A task-based structured concurrency system with grouping, prioritization, and a reliable cancellation mechanism. (Forum thread)