They are now doing heavy cross site tracking, loading ads from dozens of domains, and no longer allow uploads unless you whitelist several ads/analytics/tracking domains that also request canvas and WebGL and microphone data. There are/were also autoplaying loud video ads "while you wait" on top of all the tracking. They load pixels from Facebook explicitly.
Is there a simple-ish alternative for the direct link occasional image upload, ideally one I can just Cmd+V into a web page?
I do this so rarely it's not worth setting up a webserver. It would be helpful to offer a few recs for non-technical friends too; it'd be ideal if it strips timestamp/EXIF data too as a side effect like imgur did.
Most of my uploads are demonstration screenshots via Snipping Tool, so they usually don't exist on the filesystem, just clipboard.
some I've tried:
- ibb.co tries their hardest to not give you a direct link, only thumbnail w/link to their site.
- photobucket and tinypic no longer exist.
- dropbox requires account and can't easily be uploaded to; requires files
- flickr, requires account, difficult to direct link; not sure if this has changed since smugmug; requires files
- deviantart, not meant for this purpose; requires account and file upload
- google photos, no direct link, requires g account
Is there a simple-ish alternative for the direct link occasional image upload, ideally one I can just Cmd+V into a web page?
I do this so rarely it's not worth setting up a webserver. It would be helpful to offer a few recs for non-technical friends too; it'd be ideal if it strips timestamp/EXIF data too as a side effect like imgur did.
Most of my uploads are demonstration screenshots via Snipping Tool, so they usually don't exist on the filesystem, just clipboard.
some I've tried:
- ibb.co tries their hardest to not give you a direct link, only thumbnail w/link to their site.
- photobucket and tinypic no longer exist.
- dropbox requires account and can't easily be uploaded to; requires files
- flickr, requires account, difficult to direct link; not sure if this has changed since smugmug; requires files
- deviantart, not meant for this purpose; requires account and file upload
- google photos, no direct link, requires g account