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?
In: 3000
This seems like a false premise to begin with. Even just loading Google’s search page is 2.45MB. Loading msn.com is over 10MB, and that’s before ever scrolling or clicking anything (and that’s with adblock!).
Whoever determined that the average web page was 2MB likely used some seriously flawed methods to reach that conclusion.
So, the ELI5 answer is… it isn’t 2MB.
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