is it a formatting step that an image goes through when uploaded? I’m tired of converting image after image back into jpg, so if there’s like a step I can take to avoid it being a webp, it would help to know

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      Sorry, I didn’t mean to be condescending. Glad it made you laugh, tho.

      I’m only trying to educate because most people seem to think everything should be a jpg or think it’s all magic (this thread is full of that), and this is one of the few topics I know quite a lot about.

      Didn’t mean to offend.

      e: rereading my last comment, I see what you mean. What I meant was it takes understanding of several scientific papers detailing the algorithms (which took me a bit to understand), and I can’t easily condense that into a comment online. Sorry for how that came across.

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          I don’t miss Reddit. XD

          You shouldn’t have to care, honestly. It should just work.

          I had to learn all this because I was chief designer for one of the main companies that came up with these formats, but nobody else should have to care about this shit. The fact that this is a post in 2023* makes me feel like we’ve failed.

          You shouldn’t even have to think about this.

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              No, everyone knows these formats, just not what they’re for. Like people use jpg for everything when they should be using png. Like in this entire discussion.

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                  Okay, inasmuch as everyone in this thread not understanding the difference between png and jpg is a marketing problem.

                  Instead of thinking it’s a user issue, it should be up to developers to make sure the user doesn’t have to care. I promise they won’t either way.

                  It’s a development problem.

                  e: extra word