Comment on WhatsApp Will Soon Let Users Share Photos in HD
troydowling@lemmy.world 10 months ago
One of the frustrating things about Signal is its extreme compression. I hope WhatsApp laxing up a bit will be the final push to the Signal devs to allow me to send a 30 MiB photo if I want to. Just give me a damn opt-in option buried in a settings menu for Pete’s sake.
Annoys me to no end that I’m forced to crunch image quality down. The reasons I heard in discussion were to save disk space and network bandwidth. I have no sympathy for either of these points. Have a modicum of digital hygiene and delete old files, and pressure your ridiculous governments to invest and regulate ISPs, then join the rest of the world in the 21st century.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yeah I agree with your point. Even with Signal’s high quality image setting it is still very low quality, so much so I can visibly tell the difference, and I’m not too picky when it comes to photos. I recall you’re able to send them as files but if Signal lets you do that then I don’t see why it can’t send the raw photo like that too.