I think this is a real risk, but we should expect adoption to ramp up quite
slowly, and that there will be time to optimize. The usage can be seen at
https://webstatus.dev/features/jpegxl or
https://chromestatus.com/metrics/webfeature/timeline/popularity/418 (same
underlying data) and should start rizing from ~0 only after this reaches
stable.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026 at 10:04 PM Sergey Davidoff <[email protected]> wrote:

> What I am concerned about is CDNs using lossless JPEG XL to cut their
> network costs, and externalize those costs by degrading battery life for
> all users with recent enough browsers. They are financially incentivized to
> do so, and that is why I am so concerned about giving them the opportunity.
>
> вт, 25 авг. 2026 г. в 20:16, Birk Hirdman <[email protected]>:
>
>> Moreover, the encoder can be configured to prioritize decoding speed over
>> maximum compression -- for example, setting --faster_decoding 1 does not
>> change the compressed size significantly, but doubles decoding speed.
>>
>>
>> Then perhaps only fast-decoding lossless mode should be supported in web
>> browsers. A 7.5x slowdown instead of 15x might be excusable, depending on
>> the use case.
>>
>>
>> Surely websites can select compression options that fit their use cases?
>> Perhaps all that is needed is to change the default in libjxl's CLI tool to
>> use faster_decoding=1.
>>
>

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