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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by liv@beehaw.org to c/support@beehaw.org

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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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[-] apis@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] liv@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I hadn't heard on NextDNS.

[-] apis@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

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).