What are the benefits of free hosting?

Question

Photo hosting

Here, for example, photo hosting imgsrc.ru allows everyone to post their photos for free. One of the options, of course, is they are testing their technical solutions. For example, how hostinger provides free site hosting in order to test and test new solutions, and already in paid tariffs to give stability in work.
Can anyone shed some light on the benefits?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

In short: it’s not that expensive, you can make money on data analysis and on banners, even if a direct link is available to users. And some people are promoting it.
Although the same imgur gives a direct link to the picture, it can be assumed that most hamsters do not even know about it.
On the example of imgur, which, by the way, is in the top 50 most visited sites IN THE WORLD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imgur
More links here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Image_hosting

Answer 2

The hosting provider does not run anything new, it stupidly gives complete shit and forces you to switch to a new tariff

Answer 3

Benefit in your files and valuable data from the database (for example, your leads and customers).
Do you think the plums of large sites / forums / stores, etc. are taken out of thin air?
In general, when placing something on a free hosting, you voluntarily donate your files to the hosting provider, since he is not responsible for their safety. On normal hosting, you agree to an agreement or offer, which should state the company's responsibility in the event of a leak of files and / or databases through their fault. That's just to prove it is almost impossible, especially in this country.

Answer 4

1) Free photo hosting sites make money from advertising.
2) Free hosting is just a promo. You can’t really do anything on them and then you just buy a tariff. You are already on their hook.

Answer 5

what hosters earn in this option: advertising, switching from free to paid tariffs, they receive traffic to their servers, and there they can already think of sending to your site or throwing it to their sites, and of course, free hosting gives an initial impetus to whatever the hoster was recognized by new people (as it used to be with hostinger because he was a nobody on the market, and now one of the popular hosters, in my opinion)

Answer 6

Year of birth is missing.