That error happens because your browser is broken. I had the same issue because my image viewer assumed i.imgur would always serve images but they've recently been serving redirections and html (presumably to force people to see ads).
Re:Don't let Reddit kill 3rd party apps
by mindslight on Saturday June 03, 2023 @08:22PM
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The obtuse message seems to be Firefox's fault, but even with Chromium or wget I just get an HTTP 429. "Too many requests" from an IP I have exclusive use of, which hasn't tried to access imgur in days. No, the site is just broken because the business monkeys decided that breaking the site might help revenue.
imgur has gone to shit as well. I'd imagine the trend is happening across most sites with surveillance as their business model.
I also don't understand why discussion of this topic rarely touches on adversarial interoperability? Explicitly published and versioned APIs are a nicety. If companies are going to choke them, then why not just use the same API the web interface uses rather than paying the Danegeld?