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by Gigachad 12 days ago
AVIF and webp kind of only exist for the web, they get used when you want to really crunch down on data as much as possible. They aren’t really used for files you’d save on your computer or get out of a camera.

JPEG XL is replacing regular jpeg and heif for photography. It offers 16 bit color rather than 8 from jpeg and HDR support along with a ton of extra features.

Every OS but Android supports it, safari supports it, chrome and Firefox have it behind a beta flag.

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> AVIF and webp kind of only exist for the web, they get used when you want to really crunch down on data as much as possible.

Speaking only for webp here. It is designed to balance download and decompression time to load faster than it's competitors. Compressed filesize isn't generally smaller and compression time is notoriously slow.