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That 6 kB WebP looks awful. This seems a bit apples-to-oranges.

To make the argument that WebP is better than dithering, the author should compare the 30 kB dithered image to a 30 kB WebP. Or even compare to a smaller WebP that lacks obvious compression artifacts.

In the comparison as given, I would not say that the WebP is a better image.

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You really think it's more awful than the dithered image, as a representation of the original?

Dithering has it's own aesthetic, and if that's what you want, then by all means, dither away.

But to say that dithered image is a better representation of the original than that webp seems way, way off base to me.

I think you might have mixed up the different images at the end of the article. The image labels are a bit confusing.

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