The .htaccess file allows us to make configuration changes on a per directory basis., it loads every time a document is requested.
According to the Apache manual, in general, you should never use .htaccess files unless of course, you don't have access to the main server configuration file. The main reason not to use its performance. Apache will look in every directory for the .htaccess file. This search will produce a hit whether or not the file exist. Furthermore, apache will search until the root node for .htaccess files on each HTTP request, so calling /a/b/c/.htaccess means calling /a/b/.htaccess, /a/.htaccess and /.htaccess.
Assuming that you do have access to the configuration files do set the directive AllowOverride to None, this will only load once at Apache start (restart).
For those of you using shared hosting providers, note that this setting can be done only for your domain. If you are told otherwise by the provider, it’s a good time to search for another.
However, if you still want to go ahead and use .htaccess file please do, note that its default name can be changed with the directive AccessFilename, example:
AccessFilename .newName
In sum, if we can avoid hard drive reads for each request by placing the same configuration in a virtual host in the apache configuration, then why not? Even the manual tells us to do it
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