Resource requirements expand until it they hit a user-noticable limit. Even ultra-compressed every-bit-counts encodings[0] would be ignored and abused until the

Resource requirements expand until it they hit a user-noticable limit. Even ultra-compressed every-bit-counts encodings[0] would be ignored and abused until they're bloated to a user-noticable limit. Or the extra bandwidth would be used for more video ads. > how much, if any, progress might have been slowed by XML syntax clogging the pipes even more. Depends what you mean by "progress", and if you think Web development has been improving or devolving over time. [0]https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/functional-pearl-every-bit-counts https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/functio...