Even if true, age doesnt imply funding or infrastructure. My geocities site is still around but I doubt its stability and longevity or dedication to maintenance even thought its technically been around longer than paypal.OTT is actually older than Imgur.
Data reteention and maintenance is a function of the content owner. I dont tend to upload my personal content to web hosts which I dont have much control over. I actually PREFER the ability to mass delete or remove access to images I've uploaded without having to recall each and every site I posted a copy.
Fracturing the distribution of content vs centralizing and creating access points and connectors is a much better long term data retention strategy. Leave infrastructure, redundancy and such to people whose core business is doing that right. Just my $.02. I think most here are complain about poor user behavior in maintaining their imaging hosts than a core issue with using hosting services for images.
Lets say you posted something erroneous and you now want to replace it with an updates, accurate picture. Updating that one is far more convenient that re-uploading copies to every places you now need to track as to where you've posted your content.
IMHO bandwidth and storage costs being an issue are a perfect example of a reason to use a hosting service. A 97kb jpeg is 1990s level resolution and quality and if money is driving that limitation, its even further justification for leaning on funded, robust infrastructure and a company/buget and business model around that industry. Just my $.02...may not be relevant to what amounts to tribal discussions about a niche manufacturer-specific corner of the net.
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