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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by cowsandmilk on Thursday May 21, 2020 @10:21PM (#23268096)
If the iPhone took pictures in webp format, exactly the same thing would have occurred. College board doesn’t accept that either despite it being open.
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Re:Students are failing AP tests because the College Board c... by pilif on Thursday May 21, 2020 @10:30PM (#23268145)
webp is also possibly patent-encumbered. At least if you ask various members of the MPEG-LA.

The only safe format for photo-like content remains JPEG probably for decades to come

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