I don’t know what a .webp file is but I don’t like it. They’re like a filthy prank version of the image/gif you’re looking for. They make you jump through all these hoops to find the original versions of the files that you can actually do anything with.

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      You could still be on the fence. It’s Google so for sure it has the possibility of tracking or some other user exploiting bullshit feature but we haven’t figure it out yet.

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          It’s also just an open file format. Anyone could implement it, and in fact I found dozens of completely independent implementations of webp decoders on GitHub in various languages.

          There really is no secret ulterior motive in this case.

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            There really is no secret ulterior motive in this case.

            Sort of. Smaller images mean it’s less work for Google to crawl and index them, if every image is 40% smaller then that’s potentially saving them millions a year in storage and bandwidth costs.

            So, yea, it’s better for the web but it also massively benefits them.

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              Well, they crawl and index anyways. I see no harm done with .webp. One of my friends said with .webp you can’t save an image because it stops you from doing that somehow? I’m unsure, maybe true maybe not.

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            Open source just like Chromium or Android, right? They’re open source also, right? 😈

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              I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make.

              Chromium and Android really are open-source. There are hundreds of products like Electron and Fire OS built on top of them without any involvement or consent from Google.

              Just because Google Chrome and Pixel phones have some proprietary code doesn’t mean that Android and Chromium aren’t open.