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   iced depresso (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024 05:37:13 JST iced depresso

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   • Luna :neofox_snug:
   • Gabu ΘΔ ☁️
   @gabu @lunareclipse hotlinking was bad because the other person is paying for bandwidth.
   
   it's now done on purpose on occasion for ex. Status buttons because those are updated by servers a lot and tend to be small.
   
   I haven't seen the old 90s style web ring icons in a long time so I'm not aware what the current ethos for those are.
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     Gabu ΘΔ ☁️ (gabu@chitter.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024 05:37:15 JST Gabu ΘΔ ☁️

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     • Luna :neofox_snug:

     @lunareclipse isnt this the opposite away around?

     like isn't this the whole reason people use CDNs? when your server isn't scaled it might only handle one (resource) request at a time so it'll load slower, but if the resource is on a different URL it can be fetched in parallel

     (just an aside from hotlinking being bad, which totally agreed, just don't agree on it being slower)

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     Luna :neofox_snug: (lunareclipse@snug.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024 05:37:16 JST Luna :neofox_snug:

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     • Gabu ΘΔ ☁️

     @gabu copy the image (hotlinking is generally eww)
     
     hotlinking makes your page slower cause the browser needs to connect to more servers just to fetch some stuff, has potential security implications (CSP exists because of that I guess), and privacy issues
     
     also kinda mean to use someone else's bandwidth for your page imo

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     Gabu ΘΔ ☁️ (gabu@chitter.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Oct-2024 05:37:18 JST Gabu ΘΔ ☁️

     so question about 88x31 icons, is it etiquette to hotlink the image on the person's own website (so that they can update it whenever they want) or copy the image to your own website (so you're hosting it)?