Casey NewtonWhat is a .webp file, why are they suddenly everywhere, and how do we put the people responsible in prison
Andrew Bosworth (Boz)google invented it! That was like a decade ago though. It has some nice technical properties for internet photos (better quality and performance), but no idea why it is taking off now.
it's so strange, i just started grabbing images off the web a couple months ago and suddenly they were all webp's
Sloan Studio@crumbler using Chrome? I feel like that’s when I run into them.