Hi, friends! Sorry for the trouble π
In short: Old outfit image URLs are expiring, but you can get the updated URL right here!
TODO: Outfit image URL converter goes here
When we started hosting outfit images back in 2012, we didn't know a
lot about web infrastructure, and we weren't thinking a lot about
permanent URLs π
We uploaded images directly to{" "}
Amazon S3, and gave you
Amazon's URL for them, at amazonaws.com
.
Since then, we've grown a lot, and our Amazon costs have increased a lot too! These days, it costs about $30/month to serve outfit images from S3βand $20 of that is just to store our millions of outfit images, including the ones nobody visits π
So, we've moved our apps to a new, more cost-efficient way to share
outfit images! But, until we delete the old images from Amazon S3
altogether, we're still paying $20/month just to support
the old amazonaws.com
URLs.
I looked hard for a way to redirect the old Amazon URLs to our new service, but it seems to not be possible, and it seems like $20/month could be better spent another way π
I'm truly sorry for breaking some of the lookups and petpages out there, and I hope this tool helps folks migrate to the new version quickly and easily! π