[alexchantavy]

It’s kinda like adding lanes on the freeway: for a time traffic is nice but people get used to it and then more people start driving and it becomes just as congested as it was before.

[DeRock]

Its a form of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

[_aavaa_]

Yes, but Jevons paradox only says usage goes up. That usage could have gone to things that help with productivity of the end user rather than going to sluggish frameworks.

[ratrocket]

Good observation. I believe the name for that is "induced demand".

[seoulmetro]

No, that's not what induced demand is.

Induced demand is the idea that if you upgrade things, people will use it more (duh). (And it will need upgrading again shortly)

The post you're replying to is just how benefits of improvements scale off with time.