I built https://horizon.pics as a privacy friendly alternative to Imgur. It has no ads or third party trackers and allows optional server side encryption. It's compatible with ShareX, Apple Shortcuts and GNOME with our custom client.
Can you post some example links so I can see what photos and videos look like through the service before I shell out my $5?
We have a bunch of screen shots in our tutorial articles here: https://docs.hrzn.cool/en/pics.
No offense but your site does a bad job explaining what this is or how it works. I find a lot of times I come across an intriguing product but there's almost zero info about the product itself until after I register (which I'm not doing) so I just walk away.
I've done this on Floatplane a dozen times now. I still have no idea what it is or how it works.
Maybe make a demo video and upload it on the main page?
PixelFed is a great option if you don't need anonymous hosting.
i’m out of the loop here: is imgur in kahoots with reddit? i know that imgur has been the go-to hosting solution for redditors for ages, but are the companies intertwined? do i need to boycott imgur as well?
Not really, I've almost never used Imgur but cause Lemmy isn't as "powerful" as Reddit, posting images directly into Lemmy leads to more work from the server running the instance and using a image hosting website cam help to reduce unnecessary traffic, then why not use the best option for it?
Have you tried Pixelfed ?
Catbox is a good one.
Or you could host something yourself, that way you got control over your own data.
