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Imgur now blocks several VPNs and have issues loading embedded previews in several fediverse platforms. So instead of using imgur, you could use one of the following alternatives for uploading your images.

https://postimages.org/
https://imgbox.com/
https://imgbb.com/
https://www.imagebam.com/

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Files from Catbox seem to always be slow to load for me

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

They are a lot smaller than something like Imgur some they probably don't have worldwide CDN to distribute images, so it will probably depend on the location where you are, but their offering of public API defintely outweights any possible slowdowns for me.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

They look good. Large size limit of 200 mb and NSFW-friendly. But unfortunately, according to their FAQ, they are blocked in Australia, UK, Ireland, Iran and Afghanistan (the latter two are not surprising though).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weird, I am in the uk and can use catbox no problem

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same here in Australia. Might only be a select few smaller ISPs that have blocked it, ie the ones the government can bully easily.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's seems like it's only a dns level block, so changing to non-isp dns might help you bypass that restriction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Also in Aus here, using ISP DNS, not blocked. I think what you generally find is that most ISP's just don't do the DNS blocks, even if they're required to. Like you said, it's very easily circumvented and also it just doesn't lead to any measurable outcome other than the ISP customer's dissatisfaction in some cases. It's probably more profitable to retain the customers and deal with whatever regulatory blowback.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not blocked in the UK here for me. Sounds like an ISP specific thing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they are blocked in Australia, UK, Ireland, Iran and Afghanistan

Seems to be blocked for a friend from the philippines too iirc. Combined with other replies saying they can access it from some of these, I assume that list is outdated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Website works for me here in the Philippines.