Ridiculous software bullshit (aka Telegram).
me: I'd like to share some line art as a nice, clean PNG that's only 40K.
Telegram: Ooh! I'll help out by resizing it badly and recompressing it as a JPEG over three times the size!
me: That's not— *sighs* Okay, fine, nevermind. I'll link them to the PNG hosted elsewhere instead.
Telegram: Ooh! I'll make sure when they click the link to download it they'll get a version that's resized badly and recompressed as a JPEG over three times the size!
me: Why would you—
Telegram: I'M HELPING SO MUCH
re: Ridiculous software bullshit (aka Telegram).
@packbat I've seen this happen before, perhaps in a naïve attempt to conserve bandwidth or keep from crashing less-robust clients and web browsers.