>Due to HEIF being an MPEG standard and the traction it is getting in the marketplace it looks like we might finally have a true next gen format to replace JPEG

>Due to HEIF being an MPEG standard and the traction it is getting in the marketplace it looks like we might finally have a true next gen format to replace JPEG. My opinion is that HEIF (using HEVC) is dead in the water as a widely used jpeg replacement, since there's pretty much zero chance of it being adopted on the internet due to it's patent/royalty situation. I don't see sites (nor FOSS browsers like Firefox) agreeing to pay royalties to show/support images. A more likely contender would be 'AVIF' based upon AV1: https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/ https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/ But even this format which checks all the boxes will have a very hard time succeeding jpeg, as it is supported everywhere and simply 'good enough'.