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cm2012

Because gifs can't have volume. I don't want my phone to make noises when I'm browsing the web.

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There is also still generally more broadly supported preview rendering of gif vs newer formats.

Also probably more addressable / available tools for anim gif creation.

Signal messenger doesn’t support webp across devices (last time I checked)....so I use jiffy format

Then your browser should have an option to mute-embedded-video-by-default. Problem solved.

Don't blame a web video format/standard for UI failures.

> Then your browser should have an option to mute-embedded-video-by-default. Problem solved.

I think you don't understand the modern web. If something is crappy the user shall have it. JS was always considered crappy but now is the best new thing. And you also missed tbe latest web/UI/UX development. From the web designer point of view the user is an idiot which must be punished for every attempt to customize something.

> Don't blame a web video format/standard for UI failures.

They are not UI failures. They are done on purpose.

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