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Compression programs like this (e.g. Disk Doubler - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiskDoubler https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiskDoubler) were popular for a
by mypalmike 6y ago
Compression programs like this (e.g. Disk Doubler - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiskDoubler https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiskDoubler) were popular for a while when storage was more expensive. Some of them were legit and could compress most common workloads pretty well. Some others were scams.
- dylan604 6y agoback in those days, we weren't using file formats that applied some sort of compression to them natively, so compression was effective. Now, most of our space is consummed by compressed media in Images/Audio/Video type files. Most of those files are in a compressed format "natively", so they see no benefit of applying another compression type.
- Dylan16807 6y agoIt's too bad that the popularity has waned, considering you can still get a lot out of it. Using the new compression in windows 10 I get to shrink my steam folder more than 25%, but being off the beaten path means I have to deal with a bit of jankiness and manually reapplying it every once in a while.