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		SchemaLoad 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SVGs that feel like GIFs iOS only recently added support for AVIF, and there are still some in use devices which can't update to a version which supports it.

shmerl 3 months ago [–]

I don't think it's a big reason not to allow it, since they allow webm with AV1 video which shouldn't be any better than AVIF in practice for compatibility purposes.

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