[rayiner]

But those websites suck down enormous amounts of data each time they load.

[allannienhuis]

Not if they use caching (whether service worker based or not) aggressively.

[s73ver]

If an organization isn't taking the time and effort to make sure their app isn't bloated full of stuff, what makes you think they'll do that?

[allannienhuis]

caching can be done reasonably well for straightforward cases with yet-another-library https://serviceworke.rs/

oh, the irony!