In a world where I can load my cell phone up with 4GB of flash for ~$10, I don't think anybody really cares.<p>For network transmission, even gzip compression will take the sting out.<p>Oh, I know it's not free. I'm not saying it's free. I'm just saying it's nowhere <i>near</i> the pain point for most people. The days of using a computer and fearing that you might type a report for school so long the machine will run out of memory are long gone.