Foss users should start making jxl only websites just to fuck chrome users and google.
Google’s image format
It’s smaller than png which a company that shows images really likes because it’s cheaper so to force adoption they convert a bunch of images to .webp on google images
The problem is that 1. It hadn’t been adapted anywhere so people would have to convert it back to png to use 2. It is worse in every aspect to jxl files so Google has had to block the adaptation of jxl on the web as much as they can (jxl retains more quality and is half the size of webp)
notanaltaccount@lemmy.world 2 months ago
anon_8675309@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why should I help Google saturate the internet with yet some else they control?
NotAnonymousAtAll@feddit.org 2 months ago
If Google wants to push webp because it is smaller than previous formats, and jxl is even smaller than that, why would Google have an interst in blocking jxl?
Not saying Google did not or does not block jxl, just you chain of logic as to why they do that does not make sense to me.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Because it’s not theirs
gregoryw3@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
It doesn’t make sense which is why people believe Google has ulterior motives. I haven’t seen any real reason not to use jxl as the new format; but I also haven’t looked that far into it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
JXL is new (like 2 years old), webp is older (> 10 years). Adding support for a thing takes time and resources, which is lower priority when there are good-enough formats already supported.
At least that’s my perspective as someone who interacts with product owners (i.e. the type of people deciding what features get prioritized).