• Gawdl3y@pawb.social
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    1 year ago

    WebP is not proprietary. It’s an open format, is not patent-encumbered, and its reference implementation/libraries are open-source. It is driven mostly by Google, similar to Chromium.

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      1 year ago

      They took the open source WebKit to develop Chrome and Chromium.

      How did that turn out?

      Google wants to own images. Doesn’t matter if they made the licensing whatever. They make webp. They have a personal vested interest in control.

      You trust Google???