Indeed Facebook tried this in 2013, and the user misery was immediate and loud [1][2]. [1] https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-tries-googles-webp-image-format-u

Indeed Facebook tried this in 2013, and the user misery was immediate and loud [1][2]. [1] https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-tries-googles-webp-image-format-users-squawk/ https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-tries-googles-webp-image-... [2] http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/chicken-meets-egg-with-facebook-chrome-webp-support/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/chicke...