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Question Would you pay a low monthly subscription fee if Chaos provided an image hosting alternative?
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To be clear, this is purely for image hosting, no other service would be affected
Forgotten
Payin 3 bucks a month to host images through the site as an optional thing?
imo feels more like helping to pay for the site with a little convenient bonus. I'm all for it.
imo feels more like helping to pay for the site with a little convenient bonus. I'm all for it.
K I N G
Seems like we're losing image hosting options annually.
$3 not to have this problem bite our stuff isn't a bad deal imo
$3 not to have this problem bite our stuff isn't a bad deal imo
The Lion King
The Golden Dragon
I think it's a fine option, though not necessarily something I'd use right now. There are still other free options. No telling how long those will last, of course, and image hosting here would be a good solution. I am assuming cancelling the subscription would allow you to still be able to use posted images, just not post any more. (Would suck if the links broke for non-payment lol)
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A lot of other folks have echoed this sentiment, but I think the days of free image hosting are numbered. I don't know when exactly but the big platforms (Imgur, etc.) are probably gonna blow up eventually. I support this as a plan for when that occurs. And it might help to get that infrastructure in place now so we have it ready.
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yeah so long as Chaos exists your images would be fine.
It'd simplify your hobby, basically, if I hosted your images. The pain of you finding services to host your images would be over, Chaos would just be a one stop shop.
K I N G
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Tefka what's the rough overhead for a service like this monthly? Like, how many members would need to subscribe hypothetically for you not to be shelling out for it?
I'd be aiming at like 30 people subscribing to make it worthwhile.
You're not just paying for the raw storage space, you're paying for my time to make sure it stays up and working.
Sith Queen of Krayiss II
Though I'd personally continue to use free alternatives, I do like the option.
Sword of Shiraya
If it came down to it, I’d see no issue with this.
✠ Draconis Nihilus Indomitus ✠
I think the unreliability of the free options is growing and having a more secure option tied directly to where many are using the images anyway, it's a reasonable idea and investment.
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I wouldn't mind at all considering how often image hosting services go belly up or crash out randomly.
Imgur will randomly decide "screw you in particular" and suddenly block whole portfolios of images due to "copyright" when we use SW logos and such.
Elias Edo
had this happen to him recently iirc.
Ingrid L'lerim
also lost a lot of images in a similar fashion. Just a couple random examples.
The remaining services often get overloaded and suddenly don't work for a few days here and there. Or the interface is awful. looks at imgbb who was once great but now...sus
Imgur will randomly decide "screw you in particular" and suddenly block whole portfolios of images due to "copyright" when we use SW logos and such.
Elias Edo
had this happen to him recently iirc.
Ingrid L'lerim
also lost a lot of images in a similar fashion. Just a couple random examples. The remaining services often get overloaded and suddenly don't work for a few days here and there. Or the interface is awful. looks at imgbb who was once great but now...sus
Priest Alor
I honestly am for this
E T E R N A L - E M P R E S S
I wouldn't mind at all considering how often image hosting services go belly up or crash out randomly.
Imgur will randomly decide "screw you in particular" and suddenly block whole portfolios of images due to "copyright" when we use SW logos and such.
The remaining services often get overloaded and suddenly don't work for a few days here and there. Or the interface is awful. looks at imgbb who was once great but now...sus
Yes, it was me with my imgur account. I was logged in, I tried to upload a picture, when it was an outage in the imgur server, it logged me out. When I tried to log back (10-15 sec later), my account didn't exist anymore. I lost 13k pictures and their customer service never replied to my letters.
The Heir
I’ll happily contribute even if I don’t initially use it (I’m sure I will eventually though).
Just to be clear, it's a subscription to use hosting, not a subscription to use the site, right?