Jacob Harris I also confirmed this in my environments. Can you check with Engineering it very well may be a design intent for capacity and performance planning as AVIF is more modern more recent compression method, but as with Karol's case may be challenging with file collaboration. (Albeit, Not sure Bettermode is built for that use case)

I did find some interesting info on the difference between jpeg and avif note below:

AVIF vs. JPEG Compression

Compression Efficiency: AVIF (AV1 Image File Format) is known for its superior compression efficiency compared to JPEG. This means that AVIF can produce smaller file sizes while maintaining similar or even better image quality. For instance, AVIF images can be up to ten times smaller than JPEGs of similar visual quality

In practical terms, some tests have shown that AVIF offers a 50% saving in file size compared to JPEG with similar perceptual quality

Technical Advantages: The advanced compression techniques used by the AV1 codec, which AVIF is based on, allow it to achieve these significant reductions in file size. This includes support for higher color depths and more sophisticated color profiles, which contribute to both better image quality and smaller file sizes

Real-World Examples: In comparative tests, images encoded in AVIF at a quality setting of 60% resulted in a file size of 117KB, whereas the same image encoded in JPEG at 70% quality resulted in a file size of 323KB. This demonstrates the substantial compression benefits of AVIF over JPEG.

Conclusion: Overall, AVIF provides much better compression than JPEG, resulting in significantly smaller file sizes for the same or better image quality. This makes AVIF a highly efficient format for web use and other applications where reducing file size without sacrificing quality is crucial.

Dave
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Content downloading in .avif format