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For some "reasons" you seem to be repelled by Vid8 and Pic8 that doesn't track you.

2) From my experience, Catbox has had a good track record of supporting free speech.

lol @picman please tell Moshe.

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As far as I can tell, vid8.poal.co does not allow hotlinking directly to the mp4 video file.

For example, here's a mp4 file I uploaded to vid8.

https://vid8.poal.co/user/John_B_14/2ixwsnF

There doesn't seem to be an easy way to get the direct hotlink to the .mp4 file.

In fact, vid8 runs a javascript that blocks right-clicking the video (which would allow me find the direct file URL).

This tells me that vid8 really really does not want me hotlinking directly to the mp4 video file.

And even if I use Firefox to shift-override the javascript, and I get the direct file URL link, and try to post the link on another message board, the hotlinking fails.

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This tells me that vid8 really really does not want me hotlinking directly to the mp4 video file.

And what's your problem with that?

Vid8 was made for Poalrs to share videos here on Poal.

If your goal is to use it for your own interest, you are mistaken.

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I'm explaining why I use catbox as my all-in-one file sharing site.

Catbox allows me to upload the image or video file once, and then share the hotlinked URL to many message boards & communities.

If poal.co requires file uploads to vid8.poal, then that would double my uploading hassle, just to post on poal. No other community forces that burden on users. Other message boards & communities just allow the catbox hotlinked file URL.