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As long as general websites load in under a certain time period the sites seem to maximize bloat up to that point. Reminds of the commuting time period—-if more
by medymed 7y ago
As long as general websites load in under a certain time period the sites seem to maximize bloat up to that point. Reminds of the commuting time period—-if more highways are built to reduce traffic and speed up commutes, more people will drive, eventually more will relocate so that the average commute ends up being ~40 minutes again. Whatever tolerance is true for the vast majority of users can often become the standard, and if so then non-vocal small opposing groups are forced to adapt...or just complain.
- weare138 7y agoI understand the point you're making but the difference is increased use of these websites is not what's increasing the size of the sites themselves.
- edflsafoiewq 7y agoYes, Jevons effect. I read papers about video compression sometimes. Some introductory paragraph about how much of the internet's bandwidth is consumed by video and therefore how much we have to gain from better video compression appears with amusing frequency.