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It seems lots of people are discovering that SVG is overkill for most applications. Here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YWffrlc6ZqRwfIiR1qwp1AOk...) is a document by the flutter devs where they outline a new format. I hope we won't end up in a situation where there are 14 competing successor candidates for SVG.

Google also has Vector Drawables for Android [1]. I'm sure they'll also create the other 12 competing successors, because each of their platforms need a new separate format.

[1] https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/graphics/vect...

Facebook/Meta will create a 15th standard; people will decry it for not following one of the previous 14 standards, but everyone will adopt it. Then Google will re-release one of their 14 but change everything to look more like Meta's.

HVIF isn't general purpose. It's solely focused on icons and sacrifices precision for the sake of more compact encoding.

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