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Thanks for the feedback! Yes, you have a choice. You can use Imgur, fighting off their user-hostile UI, pay for IMGZ or pay and set up a VPS yourself. For me, t

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, you have a choice. You can use Imgur, fighting off their user-hostile UI, pay for IMGZ or pay and set up a VPS yourself. For me, the best option was #2, but it didn't exist, so I made it. And yeah, the UI is trash. Buy the big plan so I can afford a designer!

badrabbit 7y ago
I dislike a lot of things about imgur, you can't even save a gif on mobile. I would rather use an alternative. I might pay if the service meets my needs. But I have to use btc, which many don't realize can cost 4-5x more than what you charge. For example $10 for me means I have to get btc for $50 to avoid using creditcard(they charge many times more to use cash,etc.... Than using creditcard on an exchange which also asks for ID.)
- StavrosK 7y ago
  You should buy $100 of BTC or so and keep it for stuff like this, I like paying with it. The experience is pretty good and you own your money.
  - badrabbit 7y ago
    I do that for other services but it does not change how I have to spend more,which is fine but more is more and I will spend only if it really solves my needs.
    - StavrosK 7y ago
      You should use Bisq, it's slow but quite nice.
weinzierl 7y ago
> And yeah, the UI is trash. Buy the big plan so I can afford a designer. I don't know, I just tried it quickly on my mobile and everything was smooth. If you hire a designer be sure to get a good one so they don't ruin the simple use case experience.
- StavrosK 7y ago
  It's smooth and quick because I bought a $10 theme and removed all the Javascript, it just looks like crap because I suck at design. I'm glad it worked well for you, though, since the reality is I'll probably never afford a designer from the $30/mo this is going to bring in.
  - aeorgnoieang 7y ago
    I think it looks perfectly fine. I prefer simple 'lean' designs anyways tho.
iandanforth 7y ago
I do like his "buy a key" approach. He's basically asking for an IMGZ giftcard he can buy without setting up an account. (Not as the primary model of course, just as an additional payment option)
- StavrosK 7y ago
  That's like a free child pornography host pass, I'd rather not.
  - badrabbit 7y ago
    So is btc... You will need to be much more proactive about that. I can easily get a burner phone i cash, register gmail with it, buy btc , buy vpn with btc and upload to your site. There are better ways to manage and police fraud and crime (ML can very easily detect age and human body -- require human review if ML flags it before hosting it). Or better yet ban all nsfw like tumblr
    - StavrosK 7y ago
      Yeah, if I get any illegal images from BTC payers I'll take BTC down. Hopefully I won't have to.
      - lawn 7y ago
        Are you going to shut down credit card payments when someone used a stolen card to upload illegal images?
        StavrosK 7y ago
        Yes.
        aeorgnoieang 7y ago
        I think the grandparent comment was asking if you'd disable credit card payments for everyone, i.e. for your entire site.
sdinsn 7y ago
> You can use Imgur, fighting off their user-hostile UI > And yeah, the UI is trash Uh, so what exactly is the argument in favor of your service again?
- StavrosK 7y ago
  It's not user-hostile? I mean, I thought that was obvious.
gitgud 7y ago
> You can use Imgur, fighting off their user-hostile UI What's so bad about the Imgur UI? I find it extremely pleasing, all I need to do is go to imgur.com and simply drag an image onto the page and there's a publicly avaible link basically available forever... for free Also, they're original slogan shows how much they cared about improving the experience.... "Imgur: The image sharer that doesn't suck!"
- StavrosK 7y ago
  There's no upload link anywhere, just "Get app": https://imgz.org/ierYBdLi/ https://imgz.org/ierYBdLi/

badrabbit 7y ago

I dislike a lot of things about imgur, you can't even save a gif on mobile. I would rather use an alternative. I might pay if the service meets my needs. But I have to use btc, which many don't realize can cost 4-5x more than what you charge. For example $10 for me means I have to get btc for $50 to avoid using creditcard(they charge many times more to use cash,etc.... Than using creditcard on an exchange which also asks for ID.)

StavrosK 7y ago
You should buy $100 of BTC or so and keep it for stuff like this, I like paying with it. The experience is pretty good and you own your money.
- badrabbit 7y ago
  I do that for other services but it does not change how I have to spend more,which is fine but more is more and I will spend only if it really solves my needs.
  - StavrosK 7y ago
    You should use Bisq, it's slow but quite nice.

weinzierl 7y ago

> And yeah, the UI is trash. Buy the big plan so I can afford a designer. I don't know, I just tried it quickly on my mobile and everything was smooth. If you hire a designer be sure to get a good one so they don't ruin the simple use case experience.

StavrosK 7y ago
It's smooth and quick because I bought a $10 theme and removed all the Javascript, it just looks like crap because I suck at design. I'm glad it worked well for you, though, since the reality is I'll probably never afford a designer from the $30/mo this is going to bring in.
- aeorgnoieang 7y ago
  I think it looks perfectly fine. I prefer simple 'lean' designs anyways tho.

iandanforth 7y ago

I do like his "buy a key" approach. He's basically asking for an IMGZ giftcard he can buy without setting up an account. (Not as the primary model of course, just as an additional payment option)

StavrosK 7y ago
That's like a free child pornography host pass, I'd rather not.
- badrabbit 7y ago
  So is btc... You will need to be much more proactive about that. I can easily get a burner phone i cash, register gmail with it, buy btc , buy vpn with btc and upload to your site. There are better ways to manage and police fraud and crime (ML can very easily detect age and human body -- require human review if ML flags it before hosting it). Or better yet ban all nsfw like tumblr
  - StavrosK 7y ago
    Yeah, if I get any illegal images from BTC payers I'll take BTC down. Hopefully I won't have to.
    - lawn 7y ago
      Are you going to shut down credit card payments when someone used a stolen card to upload illegal images?
      - StavrosK 7y ago
        Yes.
        aeorgnoieang 7y ago
        I think the grandparent comment was asking if you'd disable credit card payments for everyone, i.e. for your entire site.

sdinsn 7y ago

> You can use Imgur, fighting off their user-hostile UI > And yeah, the UI is trash Uh, so what exactly is the argument in favor of your service again?

StavrosK 7y ago
It's not user-hostile? I mean, I thought that was obvious.

gitgud 7y ago

> You can use Imgur, fighting off their user-hostile UI What's so bad about the Imgur UI? I find it extremely pleasing, all I need to do is go to imgur.com and simply drag an image onto the page and there's a publicly avaible link basically available forever... for free Also, they're original slogan shows how much they cared about improving the experience.... "Imgur: The image sharer that doesn't suck!"

StavrosK 7y ago
There's no upload link anywhere, just "Get app": https://imgz.org/ierYBdLi/ https://imgz.org/ierYBdLi/