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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It’s competing with webp and it helps prevent jpg artifacts when downloaded multiple times

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

prevent jpg artifacts when downloaded multiple times

That's not how downloading works

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Slightly higher in this thread you spout off complaining about pedantry, and here you are, being even more pedantic?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

If you download and upload repeatedly you potentially lose some data each time which is how we got jpeg memes

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

that happens when the sites you upload it to re-encode the image