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Apple could force the industry forward if they added Opus, FLAC, and JPEG XL support everywhere. Ok, they’re often the ones holding everyone else back in these

• mekster 4y ago
  It's not too wrong to say Safari is the new IE being the anomaly of all.
• al_borland 4y ago
  Steve Jobs was asked a question related to this many years ago [1]. Older Jobs was asked as well [2]. The trouble is that you may want Opus, FLAC, and JPEG XL, but someone else wants a different set, and someone else wants yet a different set... then in 3 years everyone changes their mind. There is value to some stability and consistency to these file formats so our media is durable and broadly supported over time. I'm not sure Apple is the only one holding this stuff back. I just checked out a JPEG XL site [3] and it only shows partial support and it's hidden behind a feature flag. As long as this is the current state of things, Apple isn't holding back anything. It's simply not ready for prime time. I get the desire for open source standards used for media, but they never seem to be as broadly supported, and for your average user, that's all they care about. "Can I view my image? Can I listen to my music?" If the answer is no, they don't care about anything else. Most users won't know if they are looking at a PNG or JPEG XL, or listing to an m4a file vs Opus. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48j493tfO-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48j493tfO-o [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmRNIGqzuRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmRNIGqzuRI [3] https://jpegxl.io/#tutorials https://jpegxl.io/#tutorials