Because of all the weird formats it supports. That's why I said jpg/png, not 'images'. Any software that supports 200 formats probably has severe bugs on the rare ones. Doesn't matter for making a secure image server where you can dictate the format.
>In any case, the relative rarity isn't really the point. Either it's ethically and/or legally correct to assign blame for malicious advertising to the final host site that the user actually visits, or it isn't. That's the principle we're really debating, and the rest is just a degree of risk.
Whether they are being negligent is relevant. Allowing known-risky formats that keep failing over and over is negligent.