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If the functionality is effectively the same then supporting one of two formats reduces the attack surface for security exploits for little loss.


> If the functionality is effectively the same

If it were people wouldn't be pushing for JPEG-XL.

I'm not going to repeat the advantages of JEPG-XL - plenty of posts on that already.

For some bizarre reason, Mozilla chooses to back the other format - release Firefox can display AVIF right now - while leaving JPEG-XL stuck behind a flag in a Nightly.




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