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Re:Apple Safari 17 beta release notes: JPEG XL support added by progbits on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @12:56PM (#36229572)
> Google decided it conflicted with their competitor format AVIF

This is absolutely ridiculous take given JPEG XL is mainly authored by Google and Cloudinary, with AVIF coming from Netflix & alliance that includes Google.

There is no "competitor" here. Just a format nobody else indicated interest in supporting (notably Apple which forces ~half of mobile marked to have no support, given their browser engine restrictions).

Now that they added the support Chrome can easily bring it back.

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Re:Apple Safari 17 beta release notes: JPEG XL support added by ksec on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @01:30PM (#36230098)
1. There is nothing ridiculous about cutting another format, whether it is authored by them or not. It took a stand and it was Pro AOM.

2. There has never been another image format that has the level of support or interest as JEPG XL since JPEG becomes the internet standard. And that was before the drama of Chrome dropping support for it.

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