30 May 2023 10:39 am
Yeah you are right. If there is one thing I've learned in my 81 years it's that "free" is the most mis-used word in our language. Just because something doesn't cost money doesn't mean it's free. Free means "no conditions". Period!!!Varnaj42 » 28 May 2023, 1:26 pm » wrote: ↑ Other websites, forums, allow direct upload from an applicant's computer. So easy. So uncomplicated. So convenient. But..... this direct method is not what marketer's like. They want access to our personal information so they can sell it to others who will blitz us with directed adverts. To them I say "no thanks". In the world of today the word "free" is the most mis-used in the dictionary. There is no such thing as "free". The gullible always pay a price.
I went to that https://postimages.org/terms site and the first thing I saw was "register or login" This means one DOES have to have an account. Marketing is the single greatest evil on this planet, right after wokeness. I'll have nothing to do with it.
I use a powerful, Switzerland based, VPN, a power adblocker and I identify each an every bit of Java scripting that accompanies a search and I never, never, never use any Microsoft or Apple or Android product for ordinary use.
i have no intention of registering and opening an account with this image service. I read their terms of service. It's enough to make one's head explode.
Other websites or forums that I use are so simple. Go to profile and upload an image from your computer. That's it. No registering and logging in. No terms of service to comply with. No requirement that access to one's computer be given. And... and... and... no worries about being blitzed with targeted adverts for the rest of my life.
If Postimage works in cooperation with this website then that means this website gets a kickback. I won't be a part of that.
No way am I going to fall into that trap. The generic avatar will have to do.