I can't see the images on Jerboa, and I can't see the images on the Kbin site, but I can see the images when viewing these comments via my Lemmy instace on a browser 🤔
If the device already has a microcontroller then I agree the "high tech" method is more appealing, while for something like a desk fan I think the analog route might be more elegant or at least more robust.
Yea with RIF gone I'm in the same boat.
I might stray there on desktop at work, and maybe for something specific on mobile via old.reddit.com, but other than that, Lemmy is where I'm at.
I won't login to Reddit any more.