It's the same problem XML has. It's bloated and unreadable for a human. YAML is much better in that regard, and I wonder if one could build a document language with a syntax that resemble json.
Have you ever opened the html content of any common webpage ? It's insane, in size and indenting, it's impossible to make sense of it, it would make much more sense to have an open binary format and let developers deal with it. HTML has way too many attribute that stacked on each others. People will defend its openness, but I pity the guys who write html parser for internet browsers.
HTML thrived because its openness allowed to bypass microsoft and its closed solutions, but other than that...
Have you ever opened the html content of any common webpage ? It's insane, in size and indenting, it's impossible to make sense of it, it would make much more sense to have an open binary format and let developers deal with it. HTML has way too many attribute that stacked on each others. People will defend its openness, but I pity the guys who write html parser for internet browsers.
HTML thrived because its openness allowed to bypass microsoft and its closed solutions, but other than that...