Thank you for the explanation.
>Much smaller files, leading to fewer bytes transmitted.
>JSON is being used more in all web apps vs. XML, so more generally accepted. This is important as ASP.NET is now Open Source.
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>>What is the advantage Microsoft sees in JSON vs XML?
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