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by troupo 598 days ago
I'm bot a big fan of codecs that seem to only benefit a few megacorps
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please provide some details on why you think JPEG XL only benefit megacorps – if you say it like this, it just sounds like trolling.

couple of counter arguments on my side:

* JPEG XL heavily reduces storage requirements both for lossless and lossy compression * JPEG XL allows to reversibly compress old JPEG to further reduce storage requirements * JPEG XL is patent unencumbered * JPEG XL support very high definition pictures (jpeg does not), native HDR support, higher number of bit per pixel, etc. etc. * Google wants JPEG with gain map to support some form of HDR, as well as now introducing XYB color coding, etc. etc. They clearly are against JPEG XL