On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 09:28:46AM +1300, Andrew Hodgkinson wrote:
> There is almost no universe in which this is better or faster than
> just letting the web browser load the original image directly, with
> the web site building providing a precise at-in-page-resolution copy
> of the image for the page and optionally a click-through to the full
> resolution version, if available and if permitted by the person who
> put the web site together.
This is true, but it's not the reason websites do this. They do this
because it drastrically reduces their bandwidth costs and bursts of
activity on the httpd, which is important if you're paying AWS's rates.
B.
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