> Why does the file size matter? Are the devices you use so short on storage that an extra 100 mb is an issue? No, but just about any aspect of computing benef

> Why does the file size matter? Are the devices you use so short on storage that an extra 100 mb is an issue? No, but just about any aspect of computing benefits from smaller file sizes, or smaller data size in general, starting with CPU caches, RAM caching of files, file transfers, including syncing things over the network, backing things up. The more free space a SSD has, the smarter it can be about wear leveling (I think, though I have no idea how much this matters in practice). I mean sure, if the data just sits there, and you don't do anything else with the machine but run a password so manager, it really doesn't matter, but we tend to run dozens programs actively with even more running in the background, all of this adds up quick even on one machine. And then there are billions of people using even more devices. In this case, I like using KeePassXC portable, so if the size is the result of having less outside dependencies, I'm fine with it, don't get me wrong. But generally, this attitude of just throwing hardware at software is a problem, which by now it has reached gigantic proportions IMO, and you made the argument generally. Imagine some kind of character encoding that is exactly Unicode, but every character gets repeated 10 times... not for any useful reason, just so people can show they can afford beefy hardware and waste it. Would you use it? We cannot even begin to imagine what our current hardware would be capable of, if we only allowed ourselves the time to use it well. Consider that this runs on hardware from 1981: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=65371 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=65371 The same achieved with less is always better, I'll just claim that. The whole universe in all it's infinite wealth cannot change that, and we live on a planet that's about to get ruined real hard because of our consumption of materials and energy. Storage may very well become so big and cheap as to be practically infinite, but CPU will always cost energy. For one-off things with limited use, knock yourself out, of course, but if you package something for distribution, it may stay around "forever" and get handled countless times, by servers and end-users, so if it can be made smaller without making it worse and without extreme hassle, make it smaller.