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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

To be fair, it’s not terrible quality loss, it’s just worse than JPEG, the main format it was trying to replace. It’s way better than GIF though.

[–] stingpie@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

GIF compression is endearing, though. It only has 256 colors, but it tries its hardest anyway.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The little format that could. 🥺

[–] qualia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People didn't really jif it a chance.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

A little format's jrand adventure

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