Certainly informative, @luzcypher I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention steemimg.com, is that site used by many, if so, is it not recommended over the one's you mention here and why?
I, at times, tend to host some of my own images on my namecheap server... mostly for things like signature graphics, logos, and others I may use over and over.
Finally, I hear people mentioning dragging and dropping images, or cutting and pasting images into your story, but I have yet to have that work for me. Any clue?
I know it's popular but I have had nothing but problems with steemimg.com.
Half the time the images don't load, then they didn't show up as they moved all of their files to a bigger server. I just quit using it and postimage.io was so much simpler. I know steemimg is steemit user and I would love to support it for that reason but I had too many problems with it.
I know the image loading feature has changed and you're supposed to be able to drag and drop images into the editor, but again I have seen that work and not work multiple times from different people on different computers.
Postimage.org has worked for me and those I have introduced to Steemit every time so far.
Thanks so much for the reply @luzcypher, exactly the answer I was hoping for... complete, concise and from the perspective of someone who's been there!
No problem. Glad I could help