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Partly because of how they're presented to the user. You send a video, there's usually a play button, a bit of a delay to load, and sound. Gifs play automatical
by npteljes 5y ago
Partly because of how they're presented to the user. You send a video, there's usually a play button, a bit of a delay to load, and sound. Gifs play automatically, first frame loads with barely any pause, and there's no sound ever. So, they present two different use cases, which, at the end of the day, have nothing to do with the format itself. But it can show that to humans, often the ends matter, not the means.
- Gigachad 5y agoIt's also a UI issue. On most OSs I can copy/paste an image like it was text. And a gif counts as an image so I can copy/paste images without having to save them. And since many modern UIs are hostile to saving videos, its the difference between holding and copying vs having to take a screen recording or finding a video download website to rip it.
- account42 5y agoIt's really too bad that browsers did not add support for silent auto-playing looping videos to <img>.