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Fair enough, I'm just not in the business of archiving the internet on my computer.
You already do to some extent, your cache is likely over 2GB already
I don't know man. If I swim in the ocean, I get wet, but I still wouldn't say I'm taking any of the ocean with me as I come out of it.
By the same logic, I'd say I'm not "saving" anything although yes I do understand at all times I will have some gigs of "the internet" on my local machine.
Not quite sure that example tracks. I'd say it's more like you went food shopping yesterday and still have stuff leftover in the fridge today. Sure it might not be as fresh as when you got it from the store, but it's still completely edible.
I disagree with your assessment. To an average user, whatever winds up saved in their browser cache is there mostly unintentionally. Yes, it's saving info from sites they choose to visit, but after that initial choice, the user is out of the loop. The browser saves what it needs to without user notification or input. I might even wager that most users are unaware of their browser cache, or don't know what's in it or how to access it. Therefore, I believe your metaphor perhaps confers too active a decision-making process on something that most people are completely unconscious of.
To be clear, the strawman average user I'm using here is me. I know I have a browser cache, I know vaguely what is stored in it and why, and I know how to clear it if I'm having certain issues. That's about it. I sure as heck don't treat it as an archive.
you make a good point