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*High power usage increases energy bills and reduces battery lifespan | *High power usage increases energy bills and reduces battery lifespan | ||
*Over reliance on network connections (e.g., internet) preventing data from being cached locally<ref>{{Cite web |year=2019 |title=Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud |url=https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first |url-status=live |website=Ink & Switch |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260130001648/https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/ |archive-date=30 Jan 2026}}</ref>, which can both impede access as well as increase cellular-data billing | *Over reliance on network connections (e.g., internet) preventing data from being cached locally<ref>{{Cite web |year=2019 |title=Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud |url=https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first |url-status=live |website=Ink & Switch |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260130001648/https://www.inkandswitch.com/essay/local-first/ |archive-date=30 Jan 2026}}</ref>, which can both impede access as well as increase cellular-data billing | ||
*Instability issues due to difficulty in testing and verifying big | *Instability issues due to difficulty in testing and verifying big code-bases<ref>{{Cite web |last=Muratori |first=Casey |date=2018-05-12 |title=The Thirty Million Line Problem |url=https://youtu.be/kZRE7HIO3vk |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-15 |website=Molly Rocket |via=YouTube}}</ref> | ||
If sustainable energy sources are not used to power these devices with bloatware, bloat can contribute to [[wikipedia:Climate_change|climate change]]. This is true for any excessive processing (CPU, GPU, etc.) and network abuse (such as [[Artificial_intelligence/training|AI training]]). | If sustainable energy sources are not used to power these devices with bloatware, bloat can contribute to [[wikipedia:Climate_change|climate change]]. This is true for any excessive processing (CPU, GPU, etc.) and network abuse (such as [[Artificial_intelligence/training|AI training]]). | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm "Web Obesity Crisis"] | *[https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm "Web Obesity Crisis"] | ||
*[https://danluu.com/web-bloat/ How web bloat impacts users with slow connections] | *[https://danluu.com/web-bloat/ How web bloat impacts users with slow connections] | ||