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Photobucket Boldly Pioneers Revenue Generation and Predicts Bright Shiny Future
DigiGal:
:alert: Photobucket Boldly Pioneers Revenue Generation and Predicts Bright Shiny Future. . . :banging head:
On June 28, 2017, Photobucket changed its Terms of Use regarding free accounts and third party hosting (hosting on forums, eBay, etc). Only the most expensive plan, at $399.99 per year, now permits third party hosting and linking to forums, etc. Which effectively alienating a very large percentage of their users, whom only used Photobucket for third-party image hosting. Photobucket made this change with no input or consultation with their current users, or the public. Adding this to photobuckets use of excessive pop-up ads, scams, clickbait advertisements, and in some cases viruses embedded in ads, the number of active account quickly decreased.
This new business model has caused thousands of forum DIY's and write-ups with explanatory pictures to be rendered useless. Ebay and Etsy have also been affected, in addition to many forums and blogs. Thousands of images promoting goods sold on Amazon and other shopping sites have been removed after the photo-sharing service changed its terms.
Photobucket offered free and subscription based (Plus) accounts. Free account users received 2 GB of storage for photo and video uploads, 10 GB of transfers (which they call "bandwidth") per month for sharing and linking, and unlimited access to Photobucket’s editing, slideshow, and Story features. "Plus" accounts were structured into storage tiers offerring unlimited bandwidth, use of site features, and an advertisement free experience.
The following described subscription pricing as of October 2016:
2 GB - free
20 GB - $2.99/month, $29.99/year
50 GB - $4.99/month, $49.99/year
100 GB - $8.99/month, $89.99/year
200 GB - $16.99/month, $169.99/year
500 GB - $39.99/month, $399.99/year <<--- (As of June 30, 2017, the only option that allows embedding/hotlinking)
DigiGal:
--- Quote from: Ben Turnbull on July 16, 2017, 04:38:09 PM ---Unless my avi is blank and no one's told me... (thanks,kids...) then my PB account is still working as designed. Maybe it's been "grandfathered" in. :wink2:
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Dude, your avi is/was blank [?] wasn't there then it was again ! They appear to be rolling this out in batches or groups so it will affect everyone. I didn't get hit until the second round myself, I've been using them for linking for about ten years.
Chilly Brioschi:
https://www.google.com/search?q=free+image+hosting
Hey, man, everybody's got something to hide, except me and my monkey.
Yeah, the Grandkids are back in town, to see Trump's U.S.A . for the Summer.
DigiGal:
--- Quote from: Ben Turnbull on July 16, 2017, 06:15:04 PM ---Wow... So you're suggesting it's gone now, or was and is now back? I can see it. Is that possible? What are our hosting options? I've been using PB for ages too. :shrug:
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Yes, it was missing when I first typed my response, then it was there later when I came back. When I clicked on your missing avi it took me to your profile where it was missing too so I grabbed a screen cap to show you and went back to the post and your avi was there.
Fatah Ruark (aka MIKE B):
I got that email too. I clicked the link just to see how much it would cost to continue to use the service.
I about fell out of my chair when I saw the price. These guys are out of their gourds if they think anyone is going to pay that amount.
If it were something like $1-$2/month I'd consider it. I really don't use the service much except to host images of items I sell (here and other places).
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