Yes. Assume your users have a poor or metered connection. I don't want unnecessary things (like images) to load because it takes time, eats at my data quota and

Yes. Assume your users have a poor or metered connection. I don't want unnecessary things (like images) to load because it takes time, eats at my data quota and to be frank, I don't want people looking over my shoulder at media on my phone (especially when I have no idea what it is going to be). This is especially true for social media (and the reason I prefer HN over bluesky, reddit, etc.).