> That this ancient format is still as prevalent as it is on the modern web is somewhat dumbfounding Browser vendors didn't provide any alternatives to animati

> That this ancient format is still as prevalent as it is on the modern web is somewhat dumbfounding Browser vendors didn't provide any alternatives to animation that just work until very recently. It's not dumbfounding when you take that into consideration. For some reason GIF support was grandfathered in everywhere yet APNG, ability to just upload or embed a video and (god forbid because photoshop still can't open it) WEBP all took decades to be ubiquitous.