IDK what the deal with all of these new image types is
Well the reason is that all the old image files weren’t designed for the modern web (some of them have been around since the 1960s) so these new image formats have been developed that compress more readily, and have additional features.
I don’t know the exact details but an example is that a lot of social media sites strip metadata from images because it takes up space, so some of these new formats have more compressed metadata so that’s no longer needed.
Well the reason is that all the old image files weren’t designed for the modern web (some of them have been around since the 1960s) so these new image formats have been developed that compress more readily, and have additional features.
I don’t know the exact details but an example is that a lot of social media sites strip metadata from images because it takes up space, so some of these new formats have more compressed metadata so that’s no longer needed.
The issue at hand is not that, it’s that even when you use an Uri into an image you get a webpage. Reddit does this, for example.