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by cholantesh 3170 days ago
Doesn't that have to do with overengineering more than anything? Most of the Javascript on a modern website is pretty much superfluous I'd say.
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I'd also say that the JS and its burden on CPU, RAM, and battery, is also pretty trivial compared to rich media consuming more than a few MB's off a user's mobile data plan. Many people consider 1 MB to be around the upper guideline for bundle sizes; 2 MB of JS is considered quite big.

But HTML CSS JS cannot compete against rich media, and how badly it drains the user's most finite resource of all -- mobile data. That's what makes an information lookup even on native Yelp costly to the user.