Thanks, thats a great insight! Idk about 3d, but I’ll assume someone probably will tape something out necessity if they haven't already. …and yes, very flippa

Thanks, thats a great insight! Idk about 3d, but I’ll assume someone probably will tape something out necessity if they haven't already. …and yes, very flippant! But not without good reason. If we are to extrapolate; the popularity of jpeg, love it or hate it, will invariably necessitate it’s continued compatibility contributing to my pervious statement. That compatibility will invariably lead to plausible hypothetical circumstances where future developers out of laziness, ignorance, or just plain conformity to norms will lead to its choice and use perpetuating the cycle. The tendency as such is that short of a radical mass extension level like event brought about by mass wide spread technological adoption such as what you describe is why I don’t see it going away anytime soon. Not to say it couldn’t happen, I just feel it’s highly improbable because of the contributing human factors. That jpeg gets so many complaints is I feel for two reasons. One, its ubiquity and two, that we actually see it! Some similar situations that don’t get nearly as much attention but are far more pervasive are tcp/ip, bash, ntpd, ad nauseam. All old pervasive protocols so embedded as to be taken for granted, and also not able to be seen. I’ll leave with this engineering truism that I feel should be more widely adhered to in software development, especially by UI designers: if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!