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by blurred 1002 days ago
Also nearly all Apple devices should now be able to also convert JPEG-XL: https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/07/apple_safari_jpeg_xl/

>Google snubbed JPEG XL so of course Apple now supports it in Safari

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The iPhone has something like an 87% market-dominating position with teens. Every single one has Safari preinstalled.

The "hedge" angle on doing what google isn't doing is a fascinating possibility.

Could it be that, paradoxically, Google actually inadvertently secured JPEG-XL's future by ripping it out of Chrome?