@Sticker@lemy.nl to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlNederlands • 10 months agoWhy do most Lemmy users make posts with images hosted on external sites (not on the Lemmy server)?message-square12fedilinkarrow-up124
arrow-up124message-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 • 10 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@Sticker@lemy.nlOPlinkfedilinkNederlands3•10 months 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-square@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink7•10 months 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-square@Rescuer6394@feddit.nllinkfedilink4•10 months 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.