I was copying content from /r/conspiracy on reddit to /f/conspiracy on here and when I went to download an image it was going to save it as a .webp file. Thought it was weird so visited the subreddit in my regular browser and saved the same image as a .jpg

What is this and why is it happening?

MrBlack OP wrote on December 11, 2020 at 3:28 AM

I tried it on this website and the images download as images but on reddit if you're using tor they're downloading as .webp weird!

https://file.org/extension/webp

The WEBP file format was developed by Google, Inc. This is an image file format that aims to provide users with around 34% smaller file sizes for storing digital graphics and images. Google developed the .webp file format to make photo and image sharing on the Web faster, more efficient and easier for users. The data stored in these WEBP files may include digital graphics, vector images, photos and metadata details. This file format allows users to store digital images and photos in lossy or lossless formats. These .webp files can be opened using Adobe Photoshop, which is an image development and photo editing application. Google Chrome can also be used to open and view the graphics stored in these WEBP files.

Why does Tor download images as a "webp" file but the same site on the clearnet the image will download as a "jpg"?

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MrBlack OP wrote on December 11, 2020 at 3:28 AM