Heif is covered by patents in the mpegla patent pool of which apple is a member. They have a vested interest in it becoming mainstream.
Heif is covered by patents in the mpegla patent pool of which apple is a member. They have a vested interest in it becoming mainstream.
I felt the same way about webp when it came out.
In practice it doesn’t really matter:
Also, it turned out that even if it’s quite good, lossless webp is rarely seen in the wild because svg is more convenient.