> Lossy compression reduces entropy, I'd expect fewer repeats and more of what looks like random data in any compression worth its salt. Um, so, just to make s

> Lossy compression reduces entropy, I'd expect fewer repeats and more of what looks like random data in any compression worth its salt. Um, so, just to make sure I understand you, you're implying that lossy compression is not worth its salt? Because you will surely have more repeats in a lower entropy space.