why do web browsers use so much ram, while the average size of an entire webpage is 2mb?

Question

From what I understand, one could cache 100 web pages (obviously, 2mb is average, but there are much smaller and much larger than that) in about 200mb. 1GB could cache literally 500 web pages.

How come web browsers use so much ram then?

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Answer 1

I think the real culprit here is that devs assume you have a ton of RAM anyways and don’t have to optimize everything like you used to in the dark ages of the web.