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AaronB:
It was just a picture taken on my phone, and transferred to my computer by Google Drive, something I've been able to do before. File type is basic JPG, size 3,814,870 bytes:

$ file ~/Downloads/2235_fixed_PSU.jpg
/home/cosmo/Downloads/2235_fixed_PSU.jpg: JPEG image data, Exif standard: [TIFF image data, big-endian, direntries=13, manufacturer=OnePlus, height=0, orientation=upper-left, datetime=2020:10:31 21:37:31, GPS-Data, yresolution=198, xresolution=206, model=ONEPLUS A5000, software=OnePlus5-user 9 PKQ1.180716.001 2002242003 release-keys, resolutionunit=2, width=0], baseline, precision 8, 4608x2592, components 3

helius:
A 4608x2592 image is approximately what you would use to make a 9"x17" fine art print.
I really wish users would appraise whether their image is worth printing out at such a size, and if not, refrain from trying to upload it to a forum where it will take up storage space and use hundreds of times that much bandwidth.
I don't think I have seen one single image on this (or any) forum that was worth more than 100kb.

tggzzz:
In addition to the size and hence download time, a many-pixel image will slow down rendering (and eat battery power). That annoys every person that looks at the picture.

Why? Because the browser will have to allocate memory for the full image, and then downscale it so it fits in the browser window. That will not only bust processor caches but also is inherently computationally intensive.

It is rarely beneficial to have more than a 1000 pixel wide image. It is polite for authors to scale their image to that size before inserting it in a post.

AaronB:
If size was the problem then maybe you want to revise your attachment limit: "maximum individual size 5000KB" it says on the the Attachments and other options section. And if size was the problem (Mrs AaronB has not registered a complaint), then a better error message would be one about the size, not a security warning. So what is the issue? Size? security? what?

tggzzz:
It sounds like you are going to continue to choose to post unnecessarily large images that irritation readers.

Shame.

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