LinkedIn's Technical Debt: When Market Dominance Justifies Product Bloat

LinkedIn's consumption of 2.4GB RAM across just two tabs illuminates a critical industry problem: platforms that achieve market dominance through network effects face little incentive to optimize user experience or technical efficiency. The company's inability to separate essential communication features into standalone apps—despite clear user frustration and technical necessity—reveals how growth metrics override product quality in mature platforms. This case exemplifies 'enshittification,' where incumbent platforms become increasingly bloated and user-hostile precisely because users cannot easily switch.