i’m sorry if your question was rhetorical (but in case anybody is curious) : some sites do some fancy routing and prevent you from loading the raw file, instead it loads an HTML page with all the desired ads, cookies, and other trackers for the site in question. This method also often circumvents your ability to “open the image in a new tab”, or “download the linked file” directly. I’ve seen this most often on sites that serve GIFs (so if your messaging app’s gif search functionality fails you, and you go looking online for something better you, you’re “forced” to share a link to a site that your friend has to visit instead of the gif you were intending to share)
i’m sorry if your question was rhetorical (but in case anybody is curious) : some sites do some fancy routing and prevent you from loading the raw file, instead it loads an HTML page with all the desired ads, cookies, and other trackers for the site in question. This method also often circumvents your ability to “open the image in a new tab”, or “download the linked file” directly. I’ve seen this most often on sites that serve GIFs (so if your messaging app’s gif search functionality fails you, and you go looking online for something better you, you’re “forced” to share a link to a site that your friend has to visit instead of the gif you were intending to share)