[tantalor]

Indeed, you could even do something like this:

    await fetch("/multi-gigabyte-download");

It even works on non-Chrome browsers.

[bstsb]

i think the point is that one actually burns disk space, while the other is just a nuisance for people on plans with limited data

[gruez]

You can store up to 80% of free disk space with indexeddb

https://rxdb.info/articles/indexeddb-max-storage-limit.html

[DennisAleynikov]

using a browser is an easy way to burn disk space and limited data

light browsing is not a thing unless you somehow ensure javascript is disabled and all downloads are blocked