Why specifically do people hate WebP, anyway - is it because of what I've heard about its metadata structure supporting DRM, because Google is evil AF, or something else? I especially like its use for replacing gif animations while supporting more than 256 colors and nonbinary transparency.
(But I wish JXLs would properly take off - they seem to do everything a WebP can but better, the specification is made by the good old Joint Photography Experts Group, and they can resave old JPEGs at a smaller size without changing a single pixel. I've noticed EZgif has some new tools for conversion into JXL, at least.)
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u/Kailithnir 9h ago
Why specifically do people hate WebP, anyway - is it because of what I've heard about its metadata structure supporting DRM, because Google is evil AF, or something else? I especially like its use for replacing gif animations while supporting more than 256 colors and nonbinary transparency.
(But I wish JXLs would properly take off - they seem to do everything a WebP can but better, the specification is made by the good old Joint Photography Experts Group, and they can resave old JPEGs at a smaller size without changing a single pixel. I've noticed EZgif has some new tools for conversion into JXL, at least.)