Comment on Chrome, Firefox and other browsers affected by critical WebP vulnerability
Gawdl3y@pawb.social 1 year agoWebP is not proprietary. It’s an open format, is not patent-encumbered, and its reference implementation/libraries are open-source. It is driven mostly by Google, similar to Chromium.
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
They took the open source WebKit to develop Chrome and Chromium.
How did that turn out?
Google wants to own images. Doesn’t matter if they made the licensing whatever. They make webp. They have a personal vested interest in control.
You trust Google???
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Perfectly? Web browsers are way better now than they ever have been.
WebP is a little better than PNG/JPEG and way better than GIF. We can’t get rid of GIF quickly enough.
Hell no.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
You may have already noticed, or may soon notice when it slaps you in the face, that google is inserting proprietary code into their browser, into android, and every other product they produce.
Then, one day, you will find all that free open source labour they used to build their empire is no longer open source. They control the web. And you have no idea what they are doing. And if you decode not to continue using their product you will be unable to access sites and services due to Google’s super duper friendly and only concerned for your wellbeing internet standards.
Google is evil.
Period.