Most likely they want to push their own "WebP" format.
-WebP 2 is the successor of the WebP image format, currently in development. It
-is not ready for general use, and the format is not finalized so changes to the
-library can break compatibility with images encoded with previous versions. \
-USE AT YOU OWN RISK!
+WebP 2 is an experimental image codec based on WebP. WebP 2 will not be released
+as an image format but is used as a playground for image compression
+experiments.