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I think mostly because it’s less efficient byte transfer size, roughly +25%, and also it won’t be downloaded as an image in parallel.
by slivanes 3y ago
I think mostly because it’s less efficient byte transfer size, roughly +25%, and also it won’t be downloaded as an image in parallel.
- wingi 3y agoGzip will fix this problem. But these ebessed imgaes are not cache-able.
- neallindsay 3y agoGzip or Brotli will help, but the result will still be bigger when base64 is in the middle.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y agoThe only problem with using any sort of compression in HTTP is that unless you add extra countermeasures, you open your page up to the BREACH vulnerability: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BREACH https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BREACH
- ulrischa 3y agoThat is a point