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I'm guilty of this for texting or other phone-specific communications.
Sure, I could take a screenshot on the computer, email it to myself, download it to my phone, then add it to a text... Or, I have a camera right there. There has to be a good reason to not take the easy route.
If your messager can't be used on a computer I feel sorry for you. Signal, Whatsapp, Telegram all have windows or browser clients
Why would a for-profit company spend three millions to develop the desktop application, then a million per month to maintain it, in order to lose your personal data therefore making less money?
Just use KDE connect to send files between your Phone and PC. Much simpler, and for a photo that would take literal seconds.