Why are 90% of the images WebP format? - eviltoast

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

  • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Jpg has some advantages with photos, because it takes advantage of pixel fuzzing which isn’t visually noticeable in photos and can contribute greatly to higher compression.
    It’s objectively terrible for everything else, though (because of the pixel fuzzing).