The Photobucket Ransom thing

[Elbows]

So I should probably clear out my account?  I get th usual "Pay us $100 to store your photos for a year!" but not forced.  I guess they're actually closing accounts or what?

It is worth noting that if you're looking for photo-storage on the easy...you can direct link photos from a Google based blog w/ zero issue or storage space limitations.  I've begun doing that on my threads instead.  It's not as fast as linking a full album on Photobucket, etc...but I can grab the pic info and slap it between the usual IMG tags and it works fine here.

EDIT: Just checked - yep my account is the same.  Member since 2004.  Deleted both of my accounts today.

[Predatorpt]

I'll just download my albums and delete my account. Imgur seems to be the answer right now.

[westwaller]

Is this about reaching a certain limit in photobucket, or is it just happening to anyone with any pictures? I have very little in the way of pictures in photobucket, mostly for sales and a few other bits on this site.

[Predatorpt]

Is this about reaching a certain limit in photobucket, or is it just happening to anyone with any pictures? I have very little in the way of pictures in photobucket, mostly for sales and a few other bits on this site.

That's a rather interesting question. My account is at 51%. Anyone else?

[The_Beast]

I am SO sorry to hear of all of your pain, but as I've never had a PB account, let me say it was getting pretty wicked for the invited viewer. The ads were getting so bad, misleading, IN YOUR FACE, I started to refer to the service as an attack site.

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You can also access the gallery function if you are a supporting member., but clearly that isn't a free option. Mercenary as it may be, unfortunately nice things cost money.

I started 'supporting' long before I'd stored any piccies; I actually thought that was available to anyone. Mind you, I've re-donated more than once, and will again, as soon as Prof brings the button back.

Doug

[Mason]

Is this about reaching a certain limit in photobucket, or is it just happening to anyone with any pictures? I have very little in the way of pictures in photobucket, mostly for sales and a few other bits on this site.

That's a rather interesting question. My account is at 51%. Anyone else?

It seems to be a general thing as my 'current' account is less than 10% full....
 

[Calimero]

Utter shits 
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Obviously I've got all the photos I've posted elsewhere but christ it's gonna take an age to sort them out 

Same here... lots of pictures were pretty crappy but still, it showed some of the work I've done in the past

[vodkafan]

I think I might start donating to this site and open up a gallery. 

[dwartist]

Hadn't realised this was a problem. Not sure why people think they have to pay over $300 dollars though - I've been subscribing for a couple of years now at $50 per annum. I have hundreds of photos on there and loads of storage left.

[Calimero]

Hadn't realised this was a problem. Not sure why people think they have to pay over $300 dollars though - I've been subscribing for a couple of years now at $50 per annum. I have hundreds of photos on there and loads of storage left.

Yes, but are the pictures still showing on other sites like LAF?

[nic-e]

Mine seems unaffected ,But I'm only at 18% storage.
I'm pretty sure I've actually posted images to here by using the DAKKADAKKA gallery address, So that could be an option for some.
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[Yankeepedlar01]

Yes, but are the pictures still showing on other sites like LAF?

I'm in the same position and mine show up here, I checked really old posts. I pay about £35 for 30gb storage and have used just 20% to date in 5 years. I'm confused by this thread.

[Charlie_]

I am SO sorry to hear of all of your pain, but as I've never had a PB account, let me say it was getting pretty wicked for the invited viewer. The ads were getting so bad, misleading, IN YOUR FACE, I started to refer to the service as an attack site.

Indeed.

I  hate hate HATE it when people host images on photobucket, and let me tell you why.

If pictures are a certain size, they don't fit onto my screen when viewing them here on LAF, and I need to scroll to the right to see the whole thing. If it's a post with lots of images, I need to scroll DOWN to the bottom of the post, to be able to scroll the post to the right, and then scroll back up to see the right hand side of the image I was looking at.

Shouldn't be a problem. I just right click and open the image in a new tab, and I can see it full size to fit my screen.

But then, Photobucket.... To open an photobucket-hosted image in a new tab is an ordeal. It takes FOREVER to load, and when it finally does, once I fight through all the garish ads, it's somewhere there scaled down quite a bit. Bugger that. I pretty much ALWAYS get frustrated and abandon it before its fully loaded.

In comparison, every other image hosting site I have come across, when you post their photos here on LAF, just right click, open in a new tab and they pop up immediately.

The result is that if you host your images on photobucket, basically I don't get to see them in full, and in addition punch my computer and curse photobucket when I try to. I miss out on seeing your wonderful minis, and you miss out by losing a viewer!


So yeah, I hate photobucket, and I hope everyone will now abandon it and find a better host.

I recommend imgur.com, that's what I use.

[FramFramson]

As always, I'll make a recommendation for imgur, which has no hosting limits of any sort as far as the average person is concerned.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

I am not supporting the change of terms, but I can see why they changed their business model.

Prior to the change their business model was eyeballs on adverts (creepy or otherwise YMMV).

With the third party (ie here) display of images, you did not experience the "delights" of these adverts and hence they do not receive the revenue stream. So to get some money for it they want to charge to store and supply the images.

Other business models are available,

These include intelligence gathering, not just what gets put in your albums and blogs, but who looks at them.