Yes, those are quite different. But you also can’t pipe lossy compression data willy-nilly without compounding data loss, so it’s hard to imagine an alternative

Yes, those are quite different. But you also can’t pipe lossy compression data willy-nilly without compounding data loss, so it’s hard to imagine an alternative with unix-style tools. The difference may also stem from those being application-focused rather than command line, so they don’t have a burden of maintaining legacy applications forever.