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I'm happy that Apple hasn't adopted WebP. JPEG XL and AVIF are better formats. Even Google is considering creating WebP2. WebP is already an outdated format (no

I'm happy that Apple hasn't adopted WebP. JPEG XL and AVIF are better formats. Even Google is considering creating WebP2. WebP is already an outdated format (no HDR support), which should just die.

tarkin2 7y ago
Disagree. There's various web standards that export to webp: web recording, video conferencing etc. [1] Apple have effectively veto'd a web standard, pushing developers and users into their ecosystem yet again. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaRecorder/isTypeSupported https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaRecord...
- ksec 7y ago
  >web recording, video conferencing Why cant those be done on H.264?
  - tarkin2 7y ago
    Whether they can or can’t is besides the question. They’re not in the standard. And Apple have thereby again damaged an open standard’s wider-scale adoption.