I agree, feels more fair towards site owners than hotlinking the image, which been frowned upon on the internet since... At least I started using the internet.

I agree, feels more fair towards site owners than hotlinking the image, which been frowned upon on the internet since... At least I started using the internet. What is not fine, is to use that as a reason to completely screw up the rest of the design, when a small change could have been enough.