Re: Why are the web pages so large? foul play?

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:50:28 +0800

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On 7/12/2026 6:38 AM, JJ wrote:
> On 10 Jul 2026 19:10:58 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:
>>    I asked:
>>
>> Why are these pages always full of CSS and JS which is much
>> bigger than the actual HTML content when the CSS and JS could
>> be externalized into separate resources?
> 
> One word: enshitification


NO, it's just easier to foul-play with
bigger bxoes. :)

By "foul play", I included dark magic &
witchcraft! :)

The bigger the box, the bigger the surprise!
It's just a very ancient trick. :)


Jack-in-the-box - Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack-in-the-box>

FOUL PLAY中文(繁體)翻譯：劍橋詞典
<https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%A9%9E%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E-%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E-%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94/foul-play>



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