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Please don't mention this to Imgur.

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They changed that behavior years ago.

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What do you mean? Copying a direct link is still an option on Imgur.

https://i.imgur.com/snQQ0Dt.jpg

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What they're referring to is how if I click that link it gets redirected to the image's viewing page instead of opening the image file directly.

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But it doesn't. You can even embed it on another page and just use Imgur bandwidth with no ads. What you are referring to is the following link.

https://imgur.com/snQQ0Dt

This on the other hand is a direct image link with no ads. You would have no idea this is on Imgur other than the url.

https://i.imgur.com/snQQ0Dt.jpg

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I guess it depends on your user agent. For me, and I believe the majority of users, after clicking on your second link ending in `.jpg`, it redirects to the first link where there are ads.

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Actually maybe it depends on adblockers or scriptblockers now that I think about it. Although you could still embed it on another website.