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While Google previously removed JPEG-XL support from Chrome/Chromium, it may be Google that comes to the rescue and writes a Rust-based JPEG-XL image decoder that can then be shipped by Firefox.

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But if Google invests in writing a Rust-based JPEG-XL decoder, it will be interesting to see if they go ahead in reconsidering their image support within Chrome. Otherwise it would be rather ironic if Google develops this Rust-based JPEG-XL decoder only to be used by Firefox and other non-Google software.

The above was posted because the original seems to have been yanked from YouTube.

Update: Yep, it was yanked by YouTube, and this NSFW rant was the result:

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