So many of you have probably seen this lovely new image Photobucket has replaced our images with.
Wondering what that’s all about? Greed. After years of hosting mine, and many of your images without complaint it seems that after all the login troubles, upload issues, and just plain broken down uselessness that Photobucket has given us of late they have now decided to ransom our images for a new upgrade package.
I’m sorry, but if this is the way it’s got to be then so long. I don’t need you anymore. There are plenty of free hosting sites still available, so good luck with your decision Photobucket.
Honestly this infuriates me. I have hundereds of images hosted on Photobucket and have done so for almost ten years with out a single issue. Then they get retarded and I had to find a new hosting site. Now this;
Photobucket defines 3rd party hosting as the action of embedding an image or photo onto another website. For example, using the tag to embed or display a JPEG image from your Photobucket account on another website such as a forum, Etsy, eBay auction listings, a blog, etc. is definitively 3rd party hosting.
Our Terms of Service does not allow 3rd party hosting with your current account level.
So all of my hundereds of images all over the web are now held hostage unless I pay a premium price for their freedom.
Nice going Photobucket. Seriously, I hope that works out for you. But I’m done. [/end rant]
I’ve noticed a few people are still posting imnages off PB, and that useage meter got me thinking. I went back and checked some of my old posts anbd my PB images are still there.
My guess is they have really dropped the amount of free space you get. The guys who arestill able to post have not reached the new limit. As i have not used PB for about a year, then i have not reached it either.
Was really nice of them to warn people. I was on there last night and saw nothing.
There has been a few posts on this subject. With a little digging you can find them but I suggest Flickr. Once you learn how to copy the photos to this website, posting is a breeze compared to what it was with PB for me.
Well looks like I’m gone from photobucket too. Will be switching to Flickr soon. I guess my 400 total photos on the bucket were too much. They can kiss it.
I have just gone onto the site and checked out the new plans. So are thery saying when people post images on here, thats 3rd party hosting. I thought that would have been classed as linking.
I told Photobucket to toss off last night after their latest antics. I’ve deleted all my photos there and closed my account. I opened a Flickr account last year and have slowly been learning the ins and outs with their set up. So far, so good.
I really liked PB when I first signed up with them. With the banners, ads, pop ups, bulk upload issues, crappy service, slow speeds and this final nail in the coffin, it was time to tell them to get stuffed.
I’d been using PhotoBucket’s basic free service since here is the only place I’ve been posting photos. Guess I’ll be looking around at what PB is charging for basic service as well as Flicker and ImageShack this weekend.
I don’t mind paying for a service but PB has been pretty awful over the last few years. And I hate paying for shoddy service. We’ll see how things go.
I don’t use PB, but I have noticed when looking at images other forum members have posted using PB that they take longer to load, and lately, there are these horrible click bait ads that pop up over the image. I also used to be able to get a magnified view, but can’t seem to do that anymore.
Lesson learnt for me I suppose. I have a small quantity of images in comparison to others. But $400/yr is a joke and no where did it say “No 3rd Party Hosting” when I signed up.
It reminds me of when a certain online retailer wanted to charge an annual subscription so I could receive more of their advertisements, the utter arrogance is simply astonishing.