Isn't It Time for AVIF Everywhere?

Storage devices such as hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), and NVMe drives are reaching increasingly ridiculous prices and becoming more difficult to obtain. With hosting services raising prices throughout 2026 and possibly more increases coming in 2027, I have to ask: why aren't hosting providers doing more to support newer and more efficient formats such as AVIF and WebP for images and AV1 and AV2 for video? Hetzner, for example, has already raised prices multiple times in 2026, citing rising hardware costs, and other hosting providers have also increased their prices. With the growing demand for hardware driven in part by the AI boom, I don't see these problems disappearing overnight. Even if prices eventually come back down, it could take some time for supplies to return to normal. I think AVIF would be one of the best choices for image storage, and services such as Mastodon, Bluesky, and web hosting providers should be doing more to support it wherever possible.…

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