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.
Edit: honestly I assumed it had something to do with Google protecting themselves from image piracy shit
Curiously enough, the only place where I’ve encountered WEBP files has been AI image generators. They usually offer PNG as an alternate format.
Basically everything on Lemmy is webp, btw, so you’ve probably encountered it a lot more :D
Huh! Well then I should say, the only place where I’ve seen it and other options was …