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JPEG XL: How It Started, How It’s Going (cloudinary.com)
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[–] Buffalox 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why they went through all this trouble to kill a format that they themselves co-developed, I really have no idea.

I don't know about AVIF, but WebP is a Google format, and they might be doing it for control, like they use control of Chrome to push more advertising.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Google is also a member of the AOM, which created the AV1 format, which AVIF is derivative of - if you're wondering why they're pushing AVIF.

[–] ryannathans -3 points 1 year ago

Avif is pushed because it's good and has hardware support across the board