True, haven't read the source and only went by what the other commenter said. But one could argue 500MB more free space is similarly imperceptible.

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Timon3 17 hours ago | parent [-]

There are still many environments with <=250GB, below that I wouldn't call it negligible. And let's not forget that the price per GB has appreciated a LOT!

	▲	Xirdus 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They're likely the same environments that can't keep warm cache in memory, so the performance penalties are higher too.