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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4123	No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Jul 5^th, 2017, 8:32am Wondered why my Forum avatar changed by itself, several days ago. Found out why this morning. No more free third party hosting on Photobucket. A P500 subscription costs $400/yr. Goodbye Photobucket. Can anyone recommend a good photo storage site that features free third party hosting?
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #1 - Jul 5^th, 2017, 11:37am I'm a little confused. I can still upload photos, and share them here with the URL link... and I'm not paying anything...
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Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting
Reply #2 - Jul 5^th, 2017, 12:05pm

Quote from FlyingLaZBoy on Jul 5^th, 2017, 11:37am:

I'm a little confused. I can still upload photos, and share them here with the URL link... and I'm not paying anything...

http://i977.photobucket.com/albums/ae256/pbrown8js/20170502_130352.jpg

I can't. Just made two more unsuccessful attempts to post photos from my Photobucket library.

See:

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40492668

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/801224-photobucket-now-charging-400-for-3rd
-party-hosting/

https://petapixel.com/2017/07/01/photobucket-just-broke-billions-photos-embedded
-web/

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Action Lad Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1570	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #3 - Jul 5^th, 2017, 3:34pm It wasn't working for me the other day, as well. I didn't dig very deeply to find out why, but I hope it's not as drastic a change for me as Jay said. Does Photobucket think it can change prices as easily and grossly as Epipen?
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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #4 - Jul 6^th, 2017, 9:25am At least Shutterfly still works...
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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #5 - Jul 6^th, 2017, 11:57am A canopy on an Xstream, with Vibram shoes... Oh, Lawd....
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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4123	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #6 - Jul 6^th, 2017, 4:15pm Quote from JimFPU on Jul 6^th, 2017, 9:25am: At least Shutterfly still works... http://im1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/004022686779/media/41 316869326/medium/1346689414/enhance I swear I'm going to hire a hacker to permanently delete that photo from your computer.
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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #7 - Jul 13^th, 2017, 9:19pm This pic has been so much fun. Borrowing that bike was the best thing I ever did!
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3310	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #8 - Jul 20^th, 2017, 5:38pm Imgur.
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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4123	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #9 - Jul 20^th, 2017, 6:16pm Quote from Bud_Bent on Jul 20^th, 2017, 5:38pm: Imgur. Been thinking about trying Imgur, since Flickr apparently doesn't work.
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jayg Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 4123	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #10 - Jul 20^th, 2017, 8:55pm Quote from jayg on Jul 20^th, 2017, 6:16pm: Quote from Bud_Bent on Jul 20^th, 2017, 5:38pm: Imgur. Been thinking about trying Imgur, since Flickr apparently doesn't work. Hey, it works great. Not annoyingly slow, like PB. And FREE third party hosting! Thanks, Bud.
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Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting
Reply #11 - Jul 21^st, 2017, 6:29am

I am switching to Imgur when I get to my daughter's house today. The wifi here at RV park is way to slowwww. I think Photobucket is going to have repercussions for the way they did this. I got an email saying I was over using the 3rd party hosting, only after they deleted all my pictures from all sites. Very professional Photobucket.

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Reply #12 - Jul 21^st, 2017, 11:39am

I"ve been using imgur for years .. use their code and markup so they can make their money and hopefully they won't have to convert to a pay as you go system like Photof&ckt

Servers, Network, system administrators etc all cost money .. so unless you've managed to get all that capital and everyone to work for free, these hosting companies do need to make money. Most of them do it by exploiting your images and backlinks as a data source. for the most part you get what you want and they get what they want .. With photobucket apparently people were discarding the code and just direct linking the images, depriving them of their revenue ..

Not trying to defend their actions as there were better ways to handle it, but I do understand how they got there.

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I am switching to Imgur when I get to my daughter's house today. The wifi here at RV park is way to slowwww. I think Photobucket is going to have repercussions for the way they did this. I got an email saying I was over using the 3rd party hosting, only after they deleted all my pictures from all sites. Very professional Photobucket.

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Reply #13 - Jul 21^st, 2017, 12:38pm

I know it costs money to host anything. But, when they tell you it is free as long as you let them put ads on, they could have done it in a more professional manner. Delete all my pictures, then send an email, not good. If they had said we want money up front before you can use our site anymore, at least I would have had an option. I have paid for some of their services, never again!

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Reply #14 - Jul 21^st, 2017, 1:18pm

Quote from jrob_bent on Jul 21^st, 2017, 12:38pm:

I know it costs money to host anything. But, when they tell you it is free as long as you let them put ads on, they could have done it in a more professional manner. Delete all my pictures, then send an email, not good. If they had said we want money up front before you can use our site anymore, at least I would have had an option. I have paid for some of their services, never again!

I didn't get any advance notice or follow-up E-mail. My posted photos were all of a sudden replaced with a P500 notice. I only used PB to post photos on RBENT. My frequency of posting was low, and the stored photos consumed only 3% of the allowed free storage. Four hundred dollars/yr. is pretty steep for what little usage I would make of the site.

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Reply #15 - Jul 21^st, 2017, 2:46pm

Not defending Photobucket as the whole thing 'smells' like executive panic ..

Meanwhile always keep in mind on the internet "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product."

Quote from jrob_bent on Jul 21^st, 2017, 12:38pm:

I know it costs money to host anything. But, when they tell you it is free as long as you let them put ads on, they could have done it in a more professional manner. Delete all my pictures, then send an email, not good. If they had said we want money up front before you can use our site anymore, at least I would have had an option. I have paid for some of their services, never again!

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jrob_bent Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 952	Re: No More Free Photobucket Third Party Hosting Reply #16 - Jul 23^rd, 2017, 7:48pm I already like Imgur way better! With service like that, I will gladly pay them.
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