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Comment by tsazan

You assume JSON is a standalone file. It rarely is.

Even if it were, JSON is verbose. Every bracket and quote costs tokens.

In reality, the data is buried in 1MB+ of HTML. You download a haystack to find a needle.

We fetch a standalone text file. It cuts the syntax tax. It is pure signal.

parent tsazan 10 months ago

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