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Google's WebP (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's sad.

Adoption rate does matter. HEIC currently has a 13.99% adoption, and WebP has a 95.92% adoption rate in web browsers.

So when considering support in softwate, it's more reasonable to pick WebP as default, rather than HEIC.

There are of course other considerations, like compression efficiency, format features, patents, ...