Comment by Quarrel

They explicitely contrast it with single file html, giving an example that is much more performant than waiting for the single 280Mb html file to load.

Yes, they're both approximately the same in terms of size on disk and even network traffic for a fully loaded page, one is a much better browser experience.

> You can get pixel-level placement of any element if you want that.

You may well be able to, but it is largely anathema to the goals of html.