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Re:Show HN: CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS, made $9k... by redundantly on Wednesday April 10, 2024 @05:39PM (#39996002)
EXIF metadata accounts for so little of the overall file size it isn't even worth mentioning...
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Re:Show HN: CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS, made $9k... by danudey on Thursday April 11, 2024 @01:21PM (#40004564)
This depends on the size of your file. If you have dozens or hundreds of small sprite/UI images for an app or game, image metadata can add up quite a bit overall.
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Re:Show HN: CompressX, my FFmpeg wrapper for macOS, made $9k... by blopker on Thursday April 11, 2024 @09:53PM (#40008712)
Maybe, maybe not, but there are additional reasons to strip EXIF data. For example, many phones add location data to the images they produce. Posting those images unoptimized online can be a major privacy issue.
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