I said a near-monopoly. Also, even if it’s foss, by creating the format, they established the baseline parameters of that format.

That gives them a significant degree of control.

Edit: I also hate it because so many of the programs I use don’t support it, so I constantly have to copy > paste into image editor program > Save as PNG.

Though admittedly this is mostly an adoption thing. Still, it’s a major problem.

I apologize if this is too long. Feel free to skip to the tl;dr at the bottom if you wish.

Level 5½.

Most of my family didn’t really disown me so much as just not inviting me to anything anymore. Or talking to me. Or calling/texting me.

Of the four people who were left:

• One was flat-out Level 5 – they AFAIK haven’t changed to this day; we haven’t spoken for almost 11 years. I typically refer to her as “That Bitch”.
• One was Level 5 leaning toward Level 4 – thankfully, after a talk with them and some subsequent healthy eavesdropping on their end of a conversation with me and a friend of theirs (yes, I knew about it), they swiftly turned into a Level 1 and eventually one of my heroes in life. That was 6–7 years ago… I love my Dad. :)
• One was Level 3 – she’s still Level 3 and I have accepted that she will never change but she has at least largely also accepted the fact that so won’t I and that it’s not a phase. But at least we’re not fighting…
• And one was Level 1 with a dash of Level 2 – sadly, my paternal grandmother has been dead for a few years now. :( Rip…

tl;dr: Holy fuck, fuck, fuck then not fuck, sadface, and rip da homie…

Because it’s yet another example of Google’s near-monopoly over the Web’s architecture. It’s not healthy for good web development. It’s like the 90s and Microsoft all over again.

I mean, fuck, we’re already getting websites that’ve been “optimized” for Chromium-based browsers—in other words, semi-broken for non-Chromium browsers.

Honestly? I agree with you that the benefits seem kind of marginal. But I still think it’s a fascinating thing. :)

Edit:

On doing some reading about it and trying it out for myself, the file size reductions are hardly marginal. It’s actually quite impressive. Still, it seems for most people, including myself, that jpeg for lossy & png for lossless is more than adequate, especially with how cheap storage is nowadays.

(And, frankly, I appreciate seeing at a glance if an image is lossy or lossless, but I imagine that’s a priority most people don’t have. Lol.)

I will check that link out. Thank you. :)

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I suppose that’s fair enough. 👍

I just didn’t want someone to get the wrong impression, that’s all. :)

This is so cool. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this!

Well of course. Those bastards want everyone to use their stupid WebP format.

On a related note, how does JPEGXL compare to PNG? Does it support layers?

Not necessarily. There are plenty of trans women out there who are 100% fine with having a penis and have absolutely no desire to have bottom surgery.

Same with trans men and vaginas.

As well as with nonbinary people and whatever genitals they had when born.

Being trans isn’t about your genitals; it’s about how you feel at a fundamental level.

I’m getting the sense that you found copper…

Thank you for explaining!

versus globally

So is this a matter of personal profiles? Userspace would be anything within a particular user’s space, if you will?

Same. ¯\(ツ)/¯

Never said they didn’t. I’m just sayin’.......I’ve never heard of it. shrug

Not OP, but speaking as a Linux newb, what is a “userspace” exactly?

Never heard of it.

Lmao, that tldr is fucking GLORIOUS.

Oh fuck that noise! (No pun intended.)

No grille on my speaker? No purchase on my end!

I knew what DirectX was; I just thought X11 was an abbreviation for DirectX. Lol.