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Dark patterns like trying to make money? Most people seem to agree that hotlinking is bad, but that's pretty much was imgur has exclusively been used for since
by RockRobotRock 2y ago
Dark patterns like trying to make money? Most people seem to agree that hotlinking is bad, but that's pretty much was imgur has exclusively been used for since its inception.
- account42 2y ago> Most people seem to agree that hotlinking is bad Not at all. > but that's pretty much was imgur has exclusively been used for since its inception It's what imgur was built for and how it attracted users in the first place.
- RockRobotRock 2y agoI disagree a lot with both the things you said. What arguments are there in favor of stealing bandwidth? I think you're right that initially Imgur was happy to host images for reddit if it drove traffic to their homepage. They don't then "owe" their users who have paid a total of $0 to keep doing that forever if it stops being profitable to them.