Why the fuck is every post a .webp
it's a png bro
Image downloaded as a webp. Encountered issue on firefox’s mobile app.
I'm using Firefox mobile, works fine here

webp is just a container for the png, you can “save as…” and change it to png, and it should work.

it works for more than this png; most of the time I have to do it, it’s when the webp holds a jpg

How do you find out which it is? Trial and error?

should be in the url for the file itself. this post, as an example, if I’m trying to save the thumbnail itself (from desktop browser), it gives me the link, with png hidden before the “format=”:

lemmy.world/…/e560537b-a944-4fd2-a0fe-f4abbad824a…

expanding the image and opening that image in its own tab gives me a url that links directly to the png:

lemmy.world/…/e560537b-a944-4fd2-a0fe-f4abbad824a…

just takes a little looking around the urls 99% of the time

Your client is stupid
Image downloaded as a webp. Encountered issue on firefox’s mobile app.
Is it a problem?
If you want to download or share it, it is
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
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.
Because webp is a good format
Why would they not be?