Comment on How Dropbox sacrifices user privacy for cost savings parentComments−derefr15yWhy bother re-encoding the whole file? Changing a bit or two would be sufficient.−wulczer15yYeah, and also reencoding from a lossy format always leads to quality loss, that's why the format is called lossy.−tedunangst15yThere are nonlossy transforms that can be done even with lossy formats, e.g., rotating a jpeg. ok, that's not reencoding.
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Why bother re-encoding the whole file? Changing a bit or two would be sufficient.
Yeah, and also reencoding from a lossy format always leads to quality loss, that's why the format is called lossy.
There are nonlossy transforms that can be done even with lossy formats, e.g., rotating a jpeg. ok, that's not reencoding.