Proxies probably look like a denial of service attack. I'm sticking with catbox, because while they have the occasional hiccup, they are pernicious bastards and always come back up. And they've been targeted by big players for not censoring enough, so they must be doing something right.
The proxy caches the request in this case, so it prevents duplicate requests from hitting catbox, forming an 'origin shield' of sorts, where the origin is catbox.
Yes, but it also funnels requests in from one IP address for the first hit. It looks like an unusual bunch of traffic coming from one IP. So does the site admin know that this is supposed to reduce traffic?
And let's say he knows: as a site owner, would you want all your users to get in the habit of visiting somebody else's front end site instead, for which you are just the backend? Then this other site starts hosting images, and catbox becomes an afterthought.
My guess is that they just want to run a service. But they should make it easier for others to help improve that service for their ecosystem. If I was catbox I'd be releasing code to help people proxy the site if they want more public utility per own cost.
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And let's say he knows: as a site owner, would you want all your users to get in the habit of visiting somebody else's front end site instead, for which you are just the backend? Then this other site starts hosting images, and catbox becomes an afterthought.
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