Why are tar.xz files 15x smaller when using Python's tar library compared to macOS tar?

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02:53 Accepted answer (Score 307)
05:25 Answer 2 (Score 6)
06:55 Answer 3 (Score 4)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/1633073/...

Question links:
[tarfile]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfil...
[Raspbian 10]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_...
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Accepted answer links:
[documentation of the Python ]: https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfil...

Answer 2 links:
[xz]: https://linux.die.net/man/1/xz
[this answer here]: https://superuser.com/a/305141/167207
[Homebrew]: https://brew.sh
[xz]: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/xz

Answer 3 links:
http://tukaani.org/xz/
[Tar]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_%28com...

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