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Sure it’s an option… but look how long it’s taking us to move to IPv6.

• SquareWheel 11y ago
  The trouble there is that so much hardware and infrastructure is built for IPv4. With file formats however, it's only software. Add supports to mainstream browers and operating systems and you've got a fully functional new format. Look how quickly webm came into existence. JPEG is an oldy, but support for a new format that does all JPEG does is certainly possible, and it would slowly win out. Much like how png killed gif (until social media brought it roaring back... egh).
  • scrollaway 11y ago
    One problem with JPEG's adoption is its prevalence in firmware actually - cameras. Some might not go away for decades. The IPV6 comparison is not entirely unwarranted.
    • SquareWheel 11y ago
      That's a fair point. I was thinking cameras usually use a raw format, but that's not true of many devices.