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It really is the worst image format (lemmy.world)
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[–] 37 points 3 months ago (7 children)

The person who belongs in extra hell is whoever decided not to implement support for heic natively in Windows.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Licensing bullshit

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/8ptbss/comment/e0dv1d4/?context=3

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/if-vlc-can-ship-a-free-dvd-player-why-cant-microsoft/

    Explains it well.

    Tldr: VLC is in France and doesn't have to respect copyright laws over software while Microsoft does and has to pay money for codecs per install.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Actually I would say the the one who goes to extra health should be whoever at Apple made the decision to use the patent encumbered HEIC format as the default for iPhone photos.

    There are plenty of open picture formats that do the same thing without a patent tax.

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