Sticker@lemy.nl to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlNederlands · 1 year agoWhy do most Lemmy users make posts with images hosted on external sites (not on the Lemmy server)?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareWhy do most Lemmy users make posts with images hosted on external sites (not on the Lemmy server)?Sticker@lemy.nl to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlNederlands · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareSticker@lemy.nlOPlinkfedilinkNederlandsarrow-up2·1 year agoIt is not difficult to open a link with a picture if the user uses Lemmy through a browser. However, when you use the Lemmy app, it becomes inconvenient to constantly open pictures through the browser.
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoUsing Sync so I can’t relate to the picture opening in browser. Sync is very good with handling that specific part. Besides that my point still stands: Less storage needs and being a burden on the ressources of the lemmy instance provider.
minus-squareRescuer6394@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agouse an app that embeds the image / gif into the post. like sync, and most likely other apps too. some hostings are still not supported, but the main ones are.
It is not difficult to open a link with a picture if the user uses Lemmy through a browser. However, when you use the Lemmy app, it becomes inconvenient to constantly open pictures through the browser.
Using Sync so I can’t relate to the picture opening in browser.
Sync is very good with handling that specific part.
Besides that my point still stands: Less storage needs and being a burden on the ressources of the lemmy instance provider.
use an app that embeds the image / gif into the post.
like sync, and most likely other apps too.
some hostings are still not supported, but the main ones are.