Google refused to merge JpegXL as a strategy play to promote AVIF, which was in use by other teams (i think Photos?). Internally, chrome engineers were supportive of jxl but were overridden by leadership.

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zaphar 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you have actual sources for this? Because the other people commenting about how the newer library removes most of the concerns explains this better than an unsubstantiated speculation about promoting AVIF.

	▲	themerone an hour ago \| parent [-]
		If you look at the issue tracker, the creator of Webp killed it because of untrue claims there was no interest or advantages over existing formats. Concerns about the implementation only came up after years of pushback forced google ton reconsider.