The Photobucket Ransom thing

[Elbows]

Yep, but those also go hand in hand...with no third party hosting, loads of people are leaving (so less accounts, less possible views).  I don't know how sites like this can even stay in business anyway.  I'm not mad about it, but I've closed both accounts.  I suppose I'm baffled by the adverts thing because I run Adblocker on all of my Firefox browsing and haven't seen an advert in years...so it doesn't impact me.

[Predatorpt]

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.

David, this change was only applied to members with free accounts. Members who already had paid accounts don't need to worry. The situation already made into Google News: https://www.pcmag.com/news/354711/photobucket-breaks-image-links-across-the-internet

[Malebolgia]

My solution: pay €30 a year for 25gb at one.com. Works very well and makes sharing photos easy and reliable. I've stopped using Photobucket for about 8 years now.

[Michka]

So I was just checking out imgur. As I was reading the terms of service I came across this part in the Stuff not to do section...

"Also, don't use Imgur to host image libraries you link to from elsewhere, content for your website, advertising, avatars, or anything else that turns us into your content delivery network."

So does this mean they also don't want you to do third party hosting? I'm curious, because I sure don't wont to download all the pictures just to have another platform evaporate on me.

[nic-e]

Looks like i was wrong, just checked my dungeon thread to find a bunch of dead images. 

[Wirelizard]

So I was just checking out imgur. As I was reading the terms of service I came across this part in the Stuff not to do section...

"Also, don't use Imgur to host image libraries you link to from elsewhere, content for your website, advertising, avatars, or anything else that turns us into your content delivery network."

So does this mean they also don't want you to do third party hosting? I'm curious, because I sure don't wont to download all the pictures just to have another platform evaporate on me.

I use Imgur for a lot of my photo hosting, as do a lot of other people, and Terms of Service or no, I've never had an issue with it nor heard of other people having issues.

Imgur is a huge weird community in it's own right, the percentage of bandwidth they "lose" hosting for 3rd party sites is quite likely miniscule.

I went straight to Imgur a few years ago now after ImageShack went all weird and paywalled, pretty much exactly like Photobucket has just done.

[OSHIROmodels]

I would imagine Imgur will follow the same route as Photocnut 

cheers

James

[Westfalia Chris]

I would imagine Imgur will follow the same route as Photocnut 

James, please...

This isn't Frothers, after all.

[OSHIROmodels]

Sorry Chris 

It's really got my irk up though 

I shall refrain from further outbursts 

cheers

James

[Dr. The Viking]

Browsing through old posts is truly going to be a waste of time.

They effectively burned the archives.

[beefcake]

Hmm. mine is okay so far. I might start downloading all my stuff. Not that keeping pics of this stuff is really something I am too worried about. I still have the minis and can take the photos again. Maybe I'll go back to using cheddarmongers. That's hosted by a miniature enthusiast although doesn't really have the best support if things go wrong understandably.

[Dr Mathias]

Looks like I may need to wait to download the images I have there, I suspect the Photobucket site is getting hammered.

Going through some of my old pics there was a blast from the past... I have stuff from when I played City of Heroes and Darkwind

[Elbows]

Well...sadly...this destroyed half of the "Post a pic of the last game you played" thread. 

[FifteensAway]

My reference is posting photos to my Google blogs - pretty danged simple.  In comparison, photo hosting services seem clunky to me.  And, yeah, I know I've been a 'freeloader' so far.  That is subject to change - but explaining it to the wife...well, now, that is a smelly kettle of fish I'm afraid. 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

for some reason my photobucket photos are unmolested. Maybe it is due to the way I link them to LAF?

Same for me, at the moment.