Posting that on imgur.com has to be one of the most unintentionally ironic Web things I've seen.
That URL redirected me to one without the .png extension, which then proceeded to do a bunch of JS things and loading third-party resources, until about 5-10 seconds later I was presented with an empty page other than a "Log in with Google account?" overlay in the top right. :D
I wish I could share my screen recording, but even though I removed my cookies, it still somehow knew my account details.
Then, when I clicked your link a second time, it just loaded the image.
Interesting, I've never seen any behavior like that on imgur. They're usually my go-to host for temporary images. Sorry for the inadvertent gaslighting, but now you really get my point...
For at least 3 years now, probably closer to 5 or more, Imgur have been doing deceptive redirects for "mobile" devices, gaslighting them while leaving "desktop" alone. In fact, it's nearly impossible to get the raw image file on Android/iOS.
I think my older OS was tagged as "mobile" accidentally.
That URL redirected me to one without the .png extension, which then proceeded to do a bunch of JS things and loading third-party resources, until about 5-10 seconds later I was presented with an empty page other than a "Log in with Google account?" overlay in the top right. :D
I wish I could share my screen recording, but even though I removed my cookies, it still somehow knew my account details.
Then, when I clicked your link a second time, it just loaded the image.
That's some next-level gaslighting.