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Of course not. But if we are talking about replacing JPG, two things are necessary: a new format should not be restricted by patents and licence fees, and such movement has to be coordinated with all other "players" in the industry. Apple did not do any of it.

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But that isn’t true about HEIC. There isn’t a license fee.

HEIC is based on H.265, so there is a whole separate organization dedicated licensing and litigating its patents.

No? It’s an ISO standard that’s separate from H.265. Maybe you’re thinking of HEVC, which is like that. (Alternatively I’m wrong, which is totally possible)

HEIC is defined as HEVC in a HEIF container. So yes, it's patent encumbered.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Image_File_For...

I learned something today, thanks :)

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