Hosting things on instances is fucking expensive. You want to keep getting things for free?
Unless you want to have to start paying subscriptions for everything you're going to have to tolerate ads or someone wanting your data. This is as good as it's gonna get, or we won't have it long.
Imgur isn't just for reddit. It started out that way, but it's been its own thing for ages.
I can't speak for OP, but I have tons of pics there, and it just makes sense to me to keep using it until imgur gives me a reason to stop (like reddit did). Especially if my goal for a photo is more than a single kbin post.
Imgur is blocking VPN, tor and alike. You don't do people a favor by using this 3rd party service.
She was a chimney sweep in another life!
If nothing else she’s managed to get me motivated enough to get in there and sweep it all out!