PhotoBucket

[352nd_Wheels]

Doesn't seem to have been noticed here since you can upload your images directly to the forums but PhotoBucket recently changed their Terms of Service.
Now it will cost you $400.00 dollars ($399.99 actually...) a year to be able to link to images to forums using their services. if you want to keep an old account showing the images you linked you will need to pony up the money since nothing is being grandfathered. Several threads @ M4T and UBI  have already been rendered next to useless because of these changes.
 

Last revised June 28, 2017

Types of Accounts, Pricing and Limits

• Visiting : There is no cost to visit the Site or to register as a Member.
• Free account : Each individual Member gets one free account that provides 2 GB of free storage or space available for your original photo files, or videos under 10min. The free account does not allow any image linking or 3rd party image hosting. If a free account Member exceeds their Content Limit, their account will be immediately suspended and they will need to become a “Paying Member” (defined below) in order to continue accessing their account. You can upgrade to a Plus account at any time.
• Ad-free Account : The Ad-free Account offers Members the ability to use the Site without seeing any third party banner advertisements when logged into your Ad-free Account (note, viewers of your images within Photobucket will see ads unless they, too, have Plus accounts and you will continue to see Photobucket offers and announcements). This account level is available for $2.49 / month, payable by the Member on a monthly recurring basis.
• Plus Account : The Plus Account offers several paid options that may give the Paying Member more storage, bandwidth, 3rd party image hosting, image linking and/or other services as outlined below. Once and during such period of time in which you subscribe to and pay for a Plus Account, we will consider you a "Paying Member." Please note that all Plus Account subscriptions are billed annually at the commencement of the service. Photobucket may also offer a monthly billing option for its Plus Accounts (see terms and restrictions, below).
  • Available Plus Account Plans : Photobucket offers the following Plus Account Plans:
    • Plus 50 Plan: 52 GB of Storage for $59.99 / Year. The Plus 50 Plan does not allow any image linking or 3rd party image hosting.
    • Plus 100 Plan: 50 GB of Storage for $99.99 / Year. The Plus 100 Plan allows for unlimited image linking but does not allow 3rd party image hosting.
    • Plus 500 Plan: 500 GB of Storage and unlimited bandwidth for $399.99 / Year. The Plus 500 Plan allows for unlimited image linking and unlimited 3rd party image hosting.
  • Additional Features of all Plus Accounts : When you upgrade to any Plus Account, you will also receive:
    • Premium Support. You have direct access to our tech support team. Email our PLUS Support Team
    • No Ads: When you're logged into your Plus account, you won't see any ads on Photobucket pages (note, viewers of your images within Photobucket will see ads unless they, too, have Plus Accounts and you will continue to see Photobucket offers and announcements).

Source: http://photobucket.com/terms

 

 
Photobucket Just Broke Billions of Photos Across the Web: https://petapixel.com/2017/07/01/photobucket-just-broke-billions-photos-embedded-web/


Wheels

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Seriously??

Wth they thinking..

[352nd_Wheels]

Seriously??

 

Wth they thinking..

 

Sadly this is not a late April Fools joke. So yes seriously you will need to pay them or you won't be linking any images using their service.

Here is just one thread at M4T that was gutted and you will find multiple threads just like it at the old UBI forums.

Mission Screenshots/A Target Rich Environment: http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=ForumsPro&file=viewtopic&t=381

 

 

Wheels

[AndyJWest]

Yup. It looks like financial suicide to me. I can't imagine they are going to get many takers at those prices. The obvious alternative is Imgur, but their terms and conditions aren't exactly appealing either: http://imgur.com/tos

 

I suspect that in the long term, forums that wish to permit posting of images are going to have to move back to hosting them themselves, and/or people are going to have to pay for hotlink hosting: but at a more reasonable price.

[352nd_Wheels]

Maybe not Andy, They are the official image sharing site for Twitter and have been since 2011. I suspect that is where they will be focusing their efforts to make it a better experience for those customers.

 

 

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[TG-55Panthercules]

Yeah - this Photobucket idiocy hit my posts on the RoF Forums pretty hard (https://riseofflight.com/forum/topic/50832-bozos-photobucket-broken-image-links-forum/) - I spent a few hours the other day trying to find the broken links from my posts and fixing them by uploading the images directly on the Forums, but I'm sure I only scratched the surface.  I also D/L'ed all my images from their site while I still could, and will be closing my account this week.  I don't imagine they'll care, but at least it'll show up in their stats as a lost account and will give me some minor satisfaction.  Brain dead - I really hope they go out of business because this sort of stupidity really should be punished somehow.

[No601_Prangster]

Try this free service.

 

https://postimage.io

[Feathered_IV]

The Pricks. 

 

A huge chunk of popular world history and culture wiped out.  I hope it ruins them.

 

[Juri_JS]

It sucks, all my images posted on forums over many years are gone. I really hope there will be some lawsuits filed against PB. Lots of professional photographers, graphic artists and online shops are using their site and might try to get compensation for lost revenues.

 

The problem is, that other image hosting sites might follow the example, if PB gets away with this kind of blackmail.

[SCG_Space_Ghost]

Imgur is a decent alternative.

[Danziger]

Phuck Fotobucket.

[1./KG4_Blackwolf]

Yeah the pop up ad's got worse in the last year as they were begging you to pay not to have ad's.. now this! 

Thanks for the link Prangster!