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Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by stavros » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 3:58 PM UTC

efficax wrote: post #18

I thought about doing this as a form of easily managed passive income. But then I remembered: copyright takedown requests and child pornography. Keeping on top of bad actors with an image host sounds like a huge headache! And if you grow that means you have to hire people, and then how do you keep the price so low? Good luck!

Yeah, that's my worry as well. Hopefully the fact that people have to pay will curb that a bit, but yeah, I'm worried about it.

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by basch » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 3:58 PM UTC

pjc50 wrote: post #14

I do like the tone of barely suppressed rage. With a bit of advertising you can become the Pinboard of image hosting as others go through the failure cycle.

Imgur's origin:

"I got fed up with all the other image hosts out there so I made my own. It doesn't force you to compress your images, and it has neat things like crop, resize, rotate, and compression from 10-100. It's my gift to you. Let's not see anymore imageshack/photobucket around here ;)"

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_t...

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by efnx » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 3:59 PM UTC

> We have CDNs and Rust and all that fast crap. It's amazing.

Where’s the rust? What is it used for? I couldn’t find it on the repo.

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by StavrosK » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 3:59 PM UTC

rpmisms wrote: post #12

Upvoting you so someone who can buy this out sees it and does so.

I will let you know. Good thing I made it so easy for potential buyers, huh? I don't know why more services don't do this, I mean, if you're going for a big exit, why not allow credit card payment?

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by StavrosK » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 4:01 PM UTC

neonhat wrote: post #11

Since it's a paid service, you should be more transparent about user privacy and security.

This is true. I hint to it in the terms, but I didn't want to break character too much. Basically, I take precautions for both, but it's a one-man side-project, so caveat emptor. Also, images are obviously public (though unlisted), so it's not meant for sensitive data storage.

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by rdanol » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 4:01 PM UTC

I like this initiative. Best of luck !

PS : I guess there is a typo in the pricing options, the most expensive should offer 1TB instead of 1GB

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by StavrosK » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 4:02 PM UTC

branon wrote: post #19

I like it. Imgur used to be fine but is now terrible. Specifically the nasty things they do to mobile browsers. I now host my own images, but I will share this link with my friends who can't/won't selfhost images.

That's exactly why I built this, because I wanted a no-hassle way to share images. It also has a very convenient CLI utility (pip install imgz-cli) that lets you upload with one command, or from various apps or whatnot. There's also a very simple API.

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by RobertRoberts » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 4:02 PM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #8

theqult wrote: post #7

I would like to know deeper how much shady are shady alternatives

I'm talking about things like Imgur, which now won't even let you upload images on mobile web (I assume their mobile app does), and instead insists you "make a post" for their reddit-style social network thing. There are some other free alternatives, but they aren't very reliable, and it's generally been a bit frustrating because the elephant in the room is that image hosting doesn't make money unless the user pays.…

If you want to talk about Imgur.com being shady, they make their mobile site slower on purpose than the desktop site... combined with multiple "download our app for a faster experience" ad plastered on it...

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by StavrosK » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 4:03 PM UTC

basch wrote: post #22

pjc50 wrote: post #14

I do like the tone of barely suppressed rage. With a bit of advertising you can become the Pinboard of image hosting as others go through the failure cycle.

Imgur's origin: "I got fed up with all the other image hosts out there so I made my own. It doesn't force you to compress your images, and it has neat things like crop, resize, rotate, and compression from 10-100. It's my gift to you. Let's not see anymore imageshack/photobucket around here ;)" https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/7zlyd/my_gift_t...

I remember when imgur started as well, it was born out of the same sentiment, but chose an unsustainable financial model (in my opinion). I think $5/yr strikes a good balance between "an easy place to share some images" and "not expensive enough that the average person will have trouble paying".

Re: Show HN: I made a no-bullshit image host

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Post by StavrosK » Mon, Nov 25, 2019, 4:03 PM UTC

efnx wrote: post #23

> We have CDNs and Rust and all that fast crap. It's amazing. Where’s the rust? What is it used for? I couldn’t find it on the repo.

It's aspirational! I meant to write the CLI in it but I'm better with Python so expediency won, but I do hope to write some of it in Rust at some point.