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		Total_Meltdown on April 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook tries Google's WebP image format; users s... They seem OK with downloading to me... http://i.imgur.com/wVZCFLm.png Edit: And if it was a bug, they've taken their sweet time fixing it. I can still right click -> Save Image As.

jrockway on April 22, 2013 [–]

Indeed. If Facebook is trying to lock users in, a non-patent-encumbered format with a free BSD-licensed reference implementation seems like the wrong way to do it.

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