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ManiacJoe

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9. Sending data from a server costs money.

Reply to AirmensMom (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 20, 2020, 07:33 PM

Jun 2020

If your photo is 100K in size, every time a user wants to see it, 100KB is sent to the user's computer from the server. If 10000 users want to see it, that is 1 billion bytes of data sent from the server. The owners of the server get charged for all that data being sent.

DU does not want to deal with those bills above the text data being sent, so DU does not host pictures.
The sites that do host pictures usually make money by showing ads on their servers.

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Help! I can't figure out on my very old mac how to post a picture. [View all] BComplex Jun 2020 OP

Here's how you do it, from the Photo Group: CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #1

Thank you so much, CaliforniaPeggy!! It worked! BComplex Jun 2020 #2

Aw, you just made my day! I'm so happy for you! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #3

... BComplex Jun 2020 #5

Just curios ... AirmensMom Jun 2020 #4

My dear AirmensMom! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #6

So it uses more than a link? AirmensMom Jun 2020 #7

I actually don't know the answer! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2020 #8

Sending data from a server costs money. ManiacJoe Jun 2020 #9