I think it serves as a generic metric for bloat, because nobody really optimizes for size, thereby making it a good untainted metric. As the web gets bloaty and

I think it serves as a generic metric for bloat, because nobody really optimizes for size, thereby making it a good untainted metric. As the web gets bloaty and slow, the size of the websites grow as well, which also invites using size as a metric for bloat. Smooth, fast, nice, these would be good to measure, but it's much harder. I like an interface response time metric, for example [0]. I always lament that interfaces are getting slow - I get that they are nicer, too, but god damn why am I waiting 1 second for anything, when my Pentium III with Win XP was near instant? [0] https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-limits/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/response-times-3-important-...