All Browsers do use hardware decoding for video though, I doubt safety is a major factor.
The factor is latency. Software decoding takes milliseconds.
Depending on CPU and the video/image resolution, performance drops means the eye perceives lags when the 50ms threshold is reached. For videos, especially at 60fps that matters.
For still images it doesn't.
If it ain't broke why fix it.
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The factor is latency. Software decoding takes milliseconds.
Depending on CPU and the video/image resolution, performance drops means the eye perceives lags when the 50ms threshold is reached. For videos, especially at 60fps that matters.
For still images it doesn't.
If it ain't broke why fix it.