It happens if I try to upload an unedited photo from my camera roll. If I crop it, even by a tiny amount, it lets me upload. It's a really frustrating issue because I have to edit every photo before uploading.
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One possibility is that the pictures being taken are in an odd format (webp?) or have metadata that the app or instance can't handle.
Cropping the picture creates a new picture. Presumably, the app cropping the picture packages the information differently from your camera app and in a way that is compatible.
Not sure why you're getting a 403, as that seems like the wrong code given the above theory. Should be a 400 or 500.
HEIF is default on many Samsung phones now too.
Edit: I found out in my own case months ago from my personal Mastodon server choking on the import... Giving a 403 or 500 depending on where I was trying.
I've seen iPhones default to taking photos in HEIF before. So that could be happening and then the crop could be covering it back to jpeg or another note common format.
If that describes OP's situation they can try this: https://www.macworld.com/article/231501/how-to-disable-heif-and-hevc-formats-in-ios.html
Edit: Actually, looking back at their screenshot it's clearly android
Looking at my own Android camera settings, it looks like there's an option to shoot in Raw so maybe that's messing him up somehow.