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Re:Why JPEGs Still Rule the Web After 30 Years (2024) by CharlesW on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @04:03PM (#44303333)
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/

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Re:Why JPEGs Still Rule the Web After 30 Years (2024) by graealex on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @08:53AM (#44309470)
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.
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Re:Why JPEGs Still Rule the Web After 30 Years (2024) by wongarsu on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @09:57AM (#44309949)
Also the Google's lighthouse benchmark pushing webp recommendations, and people listening to it because of SEO concerns
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Re:Why JPEGs Still Rule the Web After 30 Years (2024) by graealex on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @10:16AM (#44310114)
True. I mentioned JPEG2000 because it had a similar fate, in particular no real reason to use it in the first place.
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