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They say that their format is open. In reality, it's them who exclusively control the definition and further evolution of the format.
That's exactly the issue. We are dependent on Google's goodwill and if they decide to scrap it or collect license fees for it we're shit out of luck.
Then projects would just not update to the new standard, pretty easy solution. Is webp even changing anymore?
And how would Google start collecting license fees? They already give away this IP, so they can't just undo that.