Lossy Compression Reflection

• What is happening in the app?
• It is compressing the data without a dictionary, it is just dropping vowels. 
• Should this “count” as text compression? Why or why not?
• Yes, they make the files smaller and still result in the same or a similar result when you receive them. The one difference is in lossy compression where the resulting image or file is compressed but unable to recover to the original state. However, if it is useless information that doesnt make a difference then I think it still counts as compression. 
• What do you think “lossy” refers to?
• Lossy refers to a compression method where parts of the file is lost hence loss(y) compression.