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Is there any way to turn off automatically loading embedded images in comments? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I find they make it harder to read and as I'm under data restrictions it would be nice to not load them.

Sorry if this has been asked before. I know the lemmy software has a lot of limitations too so maybe this is one of them.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I don't think there is, unfortunately. That does sound like a good feature request for Lemmy-UI, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I blame you for the recent downtime.... You're welcome.

This should now be a usable option for you on this main Lemmy-UI. Go to your settings and uncheck the Show images in posts and comments option. Save, and then CTRL+ F5 the website to load the new settings. You should not have any thumbnails or images in posts or comments.

This only changes it for our main UI, nothing different for apps or old.beehaw.org.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Omigosh, this is amazing!!! I love you. ♡ Thank you so much!!!!!!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

there isn't, but there should be! besides the readability and metered-bandwidth benefits there would also be a privacy benefit in having this feature (as you reveal your IP address and what you're reading to 3rd party servers whenever someone links externally-hosted images).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You might be able to use NextDNS to block various third-party servers which are popular for hosting images.

A little fiddly to set up, as you'd need to create a custom block list, and you won't catch all of them, but you should be able to eliminate most of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks, I hadn't heard on NextDNS.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's nice & light in itself & though it is mostly used to reduce tracking across the internet, it could work well for reducing data generally.

If you are using an Android phone, uBlock Origin as wn extension to Firefox could also be of interest to you (can block images over a size you set, and allows fine-tuned exceptions per site).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you're using Firefox, you can use the Image Block extension.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm usually on android but thanks, good suggestion!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ah, in that case I'd recommend using Sync for Lemmy. Sync has options to turn off emdedded images, as well as several data saving features (such as disabling preloading etc).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks! I was quite confused about the apps!