Why the fuck is this fucking shit "webp" a thing...

Why the fuck is this fucking shit "webp" a thing? It fucking infuriates me when I download images from Google image search for shitposting purposes, and I keep seeing this god damn motherfucking icon. Who gains from this shitty piece of shit format?

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google gains more control over the software ecosystem

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It's pretty good at compression though I don't know if everything needs to be in that format. I don't remember if its a irfanview plugin or icaros that does it for me, but you can make that show a thumbnail too.

I couldn't care less about seeing the thumbnail. Actually it's better when it shows a thumbnail of that sort so I'll see immediately that it's not in a format I can use without editing it.

Just don't use Google, user.

filtered

>save image on mobile
>it's webp
>already closed the tab on jewgle images
>in the end never post that thread

They can easily be made to phone home so if you download a naughty pic and open it up you get vanned

if you use firefox you can modify your accept headers from
webp,*/*
to just
*/*
and disable webp support in about:config altogether

Are you Jow Forums enough to do these 2 changes yourself?

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>How dare someone make a better format!
What's the point of this thread?

>Who gains from this shitty piece of shit format?
Everyone, once it gets better support.