Ask HN: Why do Chrome and Edge butcher rendering my photo?
Day to day I use Edge. A while ago there was some drama around it sending the photos you see during browsing to Microsoft for AI “enhancement”[1]. The option to disable this feature was removed[2], so some speculated that the whole feature is removed.<p>However, I’ve just noticed that one of my photos[3] has crazy artifacts when viewed in Edge, which don&#x27;t show in Firefox or any native MacOS viewer like Preview or ACDSee (screenshot[4]). The weird thing is I can reproduce the same issue in Chrome (as visible in the screenshot). So I’m wondering if Chrome added a similar “feature” and Edge got it from there again.<p>(Chrome also lifted the shadows. It&#x27;s really worrying.)<p>[1]: &lt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pcworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;703854&#x2F;microsoft-edge-taps-ai-to-make-grainy-images-look-nice-and-crisp-in-your-browser.html&gt;<p>[2]: &lt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;techdows.com&#x2F;2023&#x2F;06&#x2F;microsoft-edge-removes-image-enhancement-feature.html&gt;<p>[3]: &lt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;yakubin.com&#x2F;photography&#x2F;album&#x2F;gdan%cc%81sk-2023-04&#x2F;tunnel.html#photo-bg&gt;<p>[4]: &lt;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;yakubin.com&#x2F;chrome-vs-firefox-tunnel.png&gt; (The version on the left basically has minecraft on the right wall. The version on the right doesn&#x27;t. The version on the right is pitch black on the left wall. The version on the left shows red bricks.)