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this post was submitted on 21 May 2025
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Adoption rate does matter. HEIC currently has a 13.99% adoption, and WebP has a 95.92% adoption rate in web browsers.
So when considering support in softwate, it's more reasonable to pick WebP as default, rather than HEIC.
There are of course other considerations, like compression efficiency, format features, patents, ...