I always insert the pics in the response and I always hide the attachments. I usually clip quotes down in size. I do often leave a photo or two if that is what I'm asking about or commenting on. Otherwise the context tends to get lost.
I'm pretty much live-and-let-live so I don't get exercised over people not following some precise protocol or posting lots of pics or quoting entire long posts. After all, it takes but a moment to either sort it out or to scroll-on-past!
What I don't like is hyper-criticism of people who take their time to contribute here.
Also too, it has been said that a pic is worth a thousand words.