[quote name='zewone']Cheapy bought you a DS and a 360?
And, I don't think images hosted on a different site costs CAG any money.[/quote]No, it wasn't Cheapy, it was someone else who gifted me with those.
CheapyD bought all the mods' something for Xmas, yes.
When images aren't thumbnailed, CAG has to load up the full-sized image from the image provider whenever the page is accessed. When it's thumbaniled, it's less bandwidth on both sites. It's not a money issue, it's a "less bandwidth makes CAG and the image hosting providers more stable" issue.