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It's actually pretty rare how successful and long-lasting JPEG has been when you think about it. Relatively simple, elegant compression, but still quite sufficient.

(Having said that I do wish for JPEG XL to become a true successor)



JPEG was, and remains, "alien technology from the future" (Tim Terriberry)




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