> A single .ico file can contain multiple icons with different dimensions. and as far as I know, no browser will download partial ico files. So the bytes saved

> A single .ico file can contain multiple icons with different dimensions. and as far as I know, no browser will download partial ico files. So the bytes saved by not including a link tag is immediately reversed by the browser having to download your 16x, 32x, 64x, 128x and 256x ico when it only wants the 16x