[sugarpile]

I don't understand how google can just be consistently on the back foot of the "tech world hivemind" for going on 7 (?) years now and have zero shakeup of not just culture but at least PR.

[scorpio241]

> Google's decision to deprecate JPEG-XL emphasizes the need for browser choice and free formats

https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/googles-decision-to-depr...

[ralph84]

The company is literally run by a McKinsey consultant. How is anyone surprised?

[ekianjo]

Indeed. Why do the engineers cope with that?

[petesergeant]

Because pleasant coworkers, a comfortable physical work environment, and some prestige for a mid-six-figure salary is one hell of a deal for humans

[izacus]

Noone gave a crap about this format on this site until Google decided to not add it to Chrome. Noone used it, no posts were upvoted. It just became a thing when it was yet another reason to rant at Google.

Note how noone is asking Mozilla why Firefox won't support it or actually building websites using it.

[lonjil]

Actually, lots of people were talking about it, and lots of people at big companies like Facebook were excited when Google added it behind a flag. Shopify even rolled out JXL to their storefronts not long after JXL was added to Chrome.

> Note how noone is asking Mozilla why Firefox won't support it or actually building websites using it.

People do ask why Firefox isn't supporting it, but the answer is obvious: because Chrome dropped it, and Firefox has what, 5% market share?

And people do use it on websites, you just didn't notice because companies like Nike don't tend to write up blog articles about how they're using a cool new image format.

[izacus]

> People do ask why Firefox isn't supporting it, but the answer is obvious: because Chrome dropped it, and Firefox has what, 5% market share?

How is that an excuse not to lead and show its usefulness via an example?