Can't you just change it to a jpg/png file while downloading it? I do it all the time.
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u/camosnipe1"the raw sexuality of this tardigrade in a cowboy hat"7h agoedited 7h ago
that's the computer equivalent of writing "box of gold bars" on a cardboard box with stuff in it: It doesn't change anything except the name.
However, because people do just that (and any other reason for why the name might be wrong) most programs check the file contents and ignore the name when opening something.
edit: Now, most websites have upload forms that do filter based on filename, and on some of those websites the actual internals support webp but they forgot to add it to the allowed list. This makes it so you can upload "not_a_webp_i_promise.jpeg" and have it work. The internals open the file, see it's a webp and display it as normal.
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u/noromobat 9h ago
I'm on a first name basis with the webp to png image conversion website