What's also really irritating is the need to update every 2 weeks. I feel like my phone is wasting non-trivial battery and cycles because of shitty software development practices. Why does Facebook (Google, Uber et al are all guilty as well) update every 2 weeks? Your shitty development practices shouldn't be reducing the lifespan of my device.

I mean I thought the interview torture would have some effect on code quality, but jeez all I get is a battery hog that needs a new version every 2 weeks

/rant

Celluar connection download limits have increased over the years allowing developers to increase their app size without requiring users to download their apps on a wifi connection.

I'd actually say it has more to do with more penetration of wifi access. I hardly use any mobile data anymore. I am almost ALWAYS connected to wifi.

Whatever the cause; it is unacceptable.

Will AFS have compression?

Do you mean APFS? If so it probably will have compression as HFS+ already supports compression.