• @ditherwither
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      181 year ago

      If you are using a web browser that supports webp, it can potentially improve load times by a lot, as webp is much more space/bandwidth efficient. I’m assuming this is why the instances are auto converting from other formats.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      It’s converted to webp once uploaded on Lemmy. The BE supports it, but not every Lemmy instance is set up this way (though most are).

        • Programmer Belch
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          21 year ago

          At least in jerboa when I download the image it gets saved as PNG. It could be that the web ui shows images as webp by default to make it faster or save resources

      • @Gradually_Adjusting
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        11 year ago

        Image downloaded as a webp. Encountered issue on firefox’s mobile app.