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The same reasoning could have applied to AVIF and WebP a few years ago. Nobody used these formats back then, so what's the problem if Google discontinues them?
by vehemenz 4y ago
The same reasoning could have applied to AVIF and WebP a few years ago. Nobody used these formats back then, so what's the problem if Google discontinues them?
- zamadatix 4y agoThere was a long period between the jpg/png/gif era and free alternatives that were significantly better but could replace all three format use cases (really 4, if you count that they were just a special format of the video codec they introduced). Even between webp and avif there was about a decade gap. Despite this jpg/png/gif aren't really gone and at the same time jpegxl is a one off codec for images. Mozilla didn't see the rush to introduce another format either but the FSF article isn't going to talk about that. Jpegxl definitely has some cool stuff about it and from the technical side I love it but from the "god damn it why isn't this saved image working this time" perspective I'm not angry at all to the browsers for not supporting it. Hell I'm still waiting for Microsoft to feel ready to enable AVIF in Edge when they had an employee as an editor for the standard.