ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 5 months agoJPEG is Dying - And that's a bad thing | 2kliksphilipwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down10cross-posted to: jxlvideos@lemmy.worldtechnology@hexbear.netjpegxl@lemmy.worldtecnologia@feddit.cltechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·5 months agoI’d also highly recommend reading https://endsoftwarepatents.org/2023/04/googles-decision-to-deprecate-jpeg-xl-emphasizes-the-need-for-browser-choice-and-free-formats/ — more than features and future proofing, the big issue here is patents. Google controls the patents for AVIF. Then again, I use HEIF, which is alternately patent encumbered, and default to PNG and SVG for web-facing graphics.
I’d also highly recommend reading https://endsoftwarepatents.org/2023/04/googles-decision-to-deprecate-jpeg-xl-emphasizes-the-need-for-browser-choice-and-free-formats/ — more than features and future proofing, the big issue here is patents. Google controls the patents for AVIF.
Then again, I use HEIF, which is alternately patent encumbered, and default to PNG and SVG for web-facing graphics.