• Lena@gregtech.eu
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    2 days ago

    Because it’s an inefficient format. Webp and avif are both a whole lot more efficient.

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      Fair enough. But can we just settle on one? The various formats aren’t much of an issue on desktop. Gets much more annoying when you’re primarily a mobile user and you have to wait for the various apps to support the new format fad.

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      OK here’s the deal if you can make the AI data centers go away I’ll start posting webp instead of jpeg

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        huh…? how are AI datacenters relevant here? I’d make them go away if I was some kind of wizard but sadly I am not

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          I wouldn’t have phrased it so harshly, but I agree, media viewers really should support modern formats.

          • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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            to me the real problem is that most of us rely on really old protocols that would require standardization to be able to use these new, better, fomats. i can’t send my friends webps and avifs if my friends are reliant on mms to recieve what i send them. so it’s less a problem with oses and viewers and more a problem of needing to support the least technological protocol in frequent use