How does this service distinguish itself from any of the other image placeholder services out there?
Show HN: Lorem Picsum – Lorem Ipsum but for photos
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#12This looks neat and might come in handy. I'm concerned about the legitimation, though. Citing from https://unsplash.com/license : > This license does not include the right to compile photos from Unsplash to replicate a similar or competing service. I'd argue this is exactly the type of "similar or competing service" that is meant by this sentence. Edit: Did Unsplash give their consent?
We're on good terms with the Unsplash team, and think they're awesome.
Re: Show HN: Lorem Picsum – Lorem Ipsum but for photos
#13This looks neat and might come in handy. I'm concerned about the legitimation, though. Citing from https://unsplash.com/license : > This license does not include the right to compile photos from Unsplash to replicate a similar or competing service. I'd argue this is exactly the type of "similar or competing service" that is meant by this sentence. Edit: Did Unsplash give their consent?
This site pre-dates the Unsplash license (and before Unsplash had their own API/website even, it started when they were still a tumblr blog), the images used on it is from back when Unsplash still licensed images under CC0. We're on good terms with the Unsplash team, and think they're awesome.
Re: Show HN: Lorem Picsum – Lorem Ipsum but for photos
#14How does this service distinguish itself from any of the other image placeholder services out there?
I haven't seen any other image placeholder services that look similar to this. Can you share some examples?
http://www.ecologytheme.com/top-10-image-placeholder-service...
There are literally dozens of them.
Re: Show HN: Lorem Picsum – Lorem Ipsum but for photos
#15How does this service distinguish itself from any of the other image placeholder services out there?
I haven't seen any other image placeholder services that look similar to this. Can you share some examples?
Re: Show HN: Lorem Picsum – Lorem Ipsum but for photos
#16I think it would be really useful to be able to get a picture of a random animal or a random landscape rather than just a random anything. But I'm not sure if that's outside of the scope of the project.
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#17This one looks nice in that you wouldn't be embarrassed if it goes live since the images are generally nice looking but part of the appear of YAPHS (Yet Another Placeholder Service) is that it is really obviously a placeholder so you catch it before it goes live.
[1] https://placekitten.com/ (warning: contains fluffy kittens)
[2] http://placezombie.com/ (warning: contains images of simulated violence)
Re: Show HN: Lorem Picsum – Lorem Ipsum but for photos
#18Are the photos scraped automatically from Unsplash or are they manually curated in some way? I'm wondering because it looks like that website classifies photos by category (animals, architecture, fashion, food) but that information is not on your API. I think it would be really useful to be able to get a picture of a random animal or a random landscape rather than just a random anything. But I'm not sure if that's ou…