Imgur is one of the world’s largest image-sharing communities, originally created in 2009 by Alan Schaaf as a gift to Reddit users. The service grew into a massive platform, boasting over 60 billion memes, GIFs, and images viewed by its 150 million monthly users. Now, it has pulled out of the UK following a warning of potential fines from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Users in the region trying to access the site are met with the error message: Content not available in your region.
Follow up to: https://lemmy.zip/post/49898832
Nowhere near as annoying as when you turn on your VPN to get “imgur is over capacity” for half the posts on lemmy.
The bullshit annoys me nearly as much as the regulatory overreach. Imgur isn’t over capacity; my connection is being throttled due to its IP range.