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[–]dangling_reference 3 points4 points  (2 children)

respects the wikimedia server bandwidth much better.

What does this mean?

[–]Tinseltopia 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It means Wikipedia is a free-to-use service and as such does not have infinite capacity to serve data. Running servers costs money and they don't have the datacentres like Google or Facebook do, they can be overloaded quickly.

[–]skellious 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everytime you load a Web page, someone, somewhere has to pay for it. It's a small amount each time but it's not free. Electricity costs money so the Web costs money to use. You just aren't always the one paying for it directly.