Your 0.01% case is perhaps true with a binary format, but by using JSON, that 0.01% case just became a whole lot larger. ;-) It's like, "hey, we came up with a

Your 0.01% case is perhaps true with a binary format, but by using JSON, that 0.01% case just became a whole lot larger. ;-) It's like, "hey, we came up with a simple way to do it, but to make it easier to deal with this little edge condition that creates complexity, let's significantly up the complexity and number of edge conditions so they're endemic to the space, and then we're all good go". The irony is, I invariably end up needing to use a computer to help me read JSON anyway.