Honestly, it's more so. Greedy loading means that on a slower connection images will load before you scroll to them. If you're lazy loading, the request doesn't

Honestly, it's more so. Greedy loading means that on a slower connection images will load before you scroll to them. If you're lazy loading, the request doesn't kick in until later, so you'll be waiting for images to load. It's good for mobile devices, since you can save on usage caps (which should be illegal, but that's a digression).