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> JPEGs are lossy and can't possibly be lossless. https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/ https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/
by ElectricalUnion 5y ago
> JPEGs are lossy and can't possibly be lossless.
https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/ https://jpeg.org/jpegxl/
- tinus_hn 5y agoFile formats exist that have JPEG in the name, that have certain features JPEG does not, and that cannot be decoded by all of these programs that can decode JPEG files. A JPEG XL file, for all intents and purposes, is not a JPEG file. JPEG is a file format from decades ago. Obviously it’s possible to do better today. But it’s not possible to just invent a new format and have it as widely usable as JPEG. PNG did this with GIF but really only because GIF was seriously hobbled by software patents. It’s doubtful the millions of colors and alpha transparency would have won over compatibility otherwise.