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by Gud 811 days ago
On the other hand, per byte the word is more expensive
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I’m an economist. This is an example of a volume discount. Prices often decrease per-unit when buying larger quantities. That happens whether it’s milk or the square-footage of an apartment. I’d expect larger files to be worth less per-byte. Photo and video files tend to be larger than text ones.