One example of a Computer Forum page where embedded images do not display on Chrome 83, 84, 85 and 86, there are other examples:
https://www.overclockers.com/forums/sho ... php/797784
They do display fine when embedded on MozillaZine, proof:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3066540
Even more interestingly, the problem kicks in, but not straight away, it takes a little after the initial installation of Chrome 83, 84, 85 and (current) 86 for embedded images to no longer load. Problem can be replicated on Android. Versions before Chrome 83 are okay, current version 86 not OK on Android either.
What are the the two forum pages above doing differently, so one can show embedded images and the other one cannot? Is this a Chrome problem or a host image server problem? Is the problem with the site that displays the embedded image (with image hosted elsewhere)? Since no other browser is affected, it leads me back to this being a Chrome problem.
What can be done differently for embedded image to show?
I suspect that the cause of some embedded images not showing up in Google Chrome, but showing up in other browsers is that Google Chrome said they will gradually block all 'mixed content downloads'
https://blog.chromium.org/2020/02/prote ... ecure.html
I tested this to be a problem on Chrome 83 and later but not on Chrome versions before that.