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Google has already downgraded memory for their upcoming Pixel 11 while at the same time imposing local running models as a first-class feature. Both decreasing the memory pool and increasing the demands on it.
The key is that they own the full stack (hardware and software) and can demand the OS be more efficient, along with perhaps forcing that goal on app developers as well via tightened background limits etc.
Lad, modern day "programmers" don't even know what memory is. You'll be lucky to find any "software engineer" who can even tell you what a pointer is.
I can refer you to some documentation on the topic. ;)
But most 'programmers' are just Python programmers and not real programmers.
Programmers will write more efficient algorithms if their employers tell them to trade time-to-market for hardware cost. Previously, it was trade hardware cost for time-to-market. "Programmers" don't make this decision, the product owner does.
With LLMs, it's faster to ship even in a more verbose language like Go or Rust.
Algorithms and data structures aren't the problem, bundling Chromium to make a chat app is the problem. I think Rust's rise in popularity will probably lead to some benefits. Games will probably get more efficient but they're easier to scale down to the memory that's available.