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		mbesto on June 5, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making Photos Smaller Without Quality Loss > This adds up to an average image file size reduction of around 30%, which we applied to our largest and most common image resolutions, making the website faster for users and saving terabytes a day in data transfer. I love these type of endeavors because the ROI is pretty clear. So what's the costs ($$) savings?

tehlike on June 6, 2017 [–]

Data transfer is cheap. If they used webp savings would be even significant.

Data transfer for a mobile user is not that cheap, thats more important.

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