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		ASalazarMX on Sept 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android 10 A modern, patent-encumbered standard brought to you by The MPEG Group™ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_For...

out_of_protocol on Sept 3, 2019 [–]

They chose it over patent-free AV1-based AVIF :(

https://aomediacodec.github.io/av1-avif/

P.S. AVIF-related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16803250

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