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WebP remains fairly esoteric after 15 years, has always been a solution in search of a problem, and isn’t even universally supported in products by its owner.

WebP remains fairly esoteric after 15 years, has always been a solution in search of a problem, and isn’t even universally supported in products by its owner. AV1 was created and is backed by many companies via a non-profit industry consortium, solves real problems, and its momentum continues to grow. https://bitmovin.com/blog/av1-playback-support/ https://bitmovin.com/blog/av1-playback-support/

graealex 1y ago
Funnily enough, JPEG2000-support was eventually removed everywhere. I assume the only reason this didn't happen with WebP as well is Google pushing and keeping it in Chrome.
- wongarsu 1y ago
  Also the Google's lighthouse benchmark pushing webp recommendations, and people listening to it because of SEO concerns
  - graealex 1y ago
    True. I mentioned JPEG2000 because it had a similar fate, in particular no real reason to use it in the first place.