Webp Is A Nightmare

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Webp Is A Nightmare

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The eternal WebP struggle summed up in one SpongeBob meme. You've got a fancy new image format that's supposed to be the future of the web - smaller file sizes, better quality, what's not to love? Then reality hits.

Everything claims to support WebP until you actually try to use it. "Oh yes, our platform handles WebP!" they say confidently. But when you actually attempt to upload one, suddenly it's "PNG/JPG ONLY" like you're some kind of digital criminal for trying to use modern technology.

Five years of hearing "WebP is the future!" and I'm still converting everything back to JPG because some random API decides WebP is too exotic. Classic case of "we support it" vs "we actually tested it."

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