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AUDIOPHILE: i like the sound of vinyl. it’s warm and homely
ME: 😏 silly audiophiles. that’s just nostalgia. objectively it’s worse quality than CDs, and—
IMAGE CODEC ENGINEER: hey check out WebP and HEIC they’re way more efficient than JPEG
ME: no they look like crap… why are the images so blurry 😡
IMAGE CODEC ENGINEER: the JPEG is also blurry it just has blocking artifacts
ME: but i like the blocking artifacts. i grew up with them. they’re comfy and even if inauthentic, the noise improves the quality i perceive
ME: … wait
@hikari https://xkcd.com/598/ ;)
Haven't noticed it myself, but it does make sense that one gets used to the "style" of artifacts.
I wonder if we are going to get this with the image optimization algorithms in cameras too - people insisting that e.g. 2016 iPhone sharpening/fake bokeh/… just looked *better*?
@HeNeArXn oh I’m certain of that. for sharpening, it could even be for the same reason (adds high-frequency information)