Computer Science for IGCSE & O level - Data Representation (Section 13 - No. 12)
What is a significant disadvantage of lossy compression methods?
The file size always increases.
The original data cannot be fully recovered.
It is only used for text files.
It is extremely slow to perform.
Explicaţie
The main downside of lossy methods is the irreversible loss of some of the original data.