When an instance goes down, all of the images on it go with it. there’s going to be a lot from lemm.ee, especially given its size.
When an instance goes down, all of the images on it go with it. there’s going to be a lot from lemm.ee, especially given its size.
I assume it’s an intentional trade-off by the devs to reduce the storage burden. If each instance is a complete mirror of all federated instances then hosting becomes that much more expensive.
It’s also an avenue for attacks.