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===Disadvantages===

* Embedded content must be extracted and decoded before changes may be made, then re-encoded and re-embedded afterward.

* Base64-encoded data: URL'sURLs are roughly 50% larger in size than their binary equivalent.

* URL-encoded data: URL'sURLs can be up to three times larger (in extreme cases) than the original text content.

* Information that is embedded more than once is redownloaded as part of the containing file, and does not benefit from the browser's cache.

* Browsers limits to URL length provide a maximum data size.