Photobucket now charges $399/yr for 3rd party image hosting
#1
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Photobucket now charges $399/yr for 3rd party image hosting
wow, Photobucket has changed their terms for use:
Available Plus Account Plans :
Photobucket offers the following Plus Account Plans:
o 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.
o Plus 100 Plan: 102 GB of Storage for $99.99 / Year. The Plus 100 Plan allows for unlimited image linking but does not allow 3rd party image hosting.
o 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.
So all the links to my photos now don't work and it will cost me $399 per year to reactivate them!
Available Plus Account Plans :
Photobucket offers the following Plus Account Plans:
o 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.
o Plus 100 Plan: 102 GB of Storage for $99.99 / Year. The Plus 100 Plan allows for unlimited image linking but does not allow 3rd party image hosting.
o 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.
So all the links to my photos now don't work and it will cost me $399 per year to reactivate them!
#5
I've been getting more and more frustrated with Photobucket recently since every click seemed to yield an advertising pop-up that had to be clicked on to remove - it took at least 15 minutes to add a new set of photos the last time I did.
$399 is way more than individuals will be prepared to pay for 3rd party hosting so they've effectively committed hari kari and handed most of their members to their competitors.
PhuckU Photobucket!
$399 is way more than individuals will be prepared to pay for 3rd party hosting so they've effectively committed hari kari and handed most of their members to their competitors.
PhuckU Photobucket!
#6
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PB always was and always will be the worst image host around. in an effort to make up for their shitty service and lack of users/ads, they went to a pay model. who doesnt have their own 15gb cloud anymore?
#8
This definitely sucks. I've hated PB for years, but having so much content uploaded there was kind of stuck with it.
I think about all the build threads, tech walkthroughs, and info on forums out there that just went dark. And will probably never be rebuilt. I know I have years of posts on probably a dozen forums that I don't have the time to dig up, figure out and rebuild, even though I still have all the pics on my computer.
What a shitshow.
I think about all the build threads, tech walkthroughs, and info on forums out there that just went dark. And will probably never be rebuilt. I know I have years of posts on probably a dozen forums that I don't have the time to dig up, figure out and rebuild, even though I still have all the pics on my computer.
What a shitshow.
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Kind of nuts that they can enact the changes retroactively and essentially turn a ton of sites and users info on this sites totally dark... I wonder how many build threads and how-tos have essentially just been made obsolete. It blows.
Imgur is my go to for now. You can put images in private albums and link to those on third party sites.
Imgur is my go to for now. You can put images in private albums and link to those on third party sites.
#15
manga_blue at mx5cartalk.com posted a Chrome-fix for this:
Photobucket Embedded Image Fix
"This extension fixes nuked Photobucket pictures.
This extension makes all ransomed Photobucket images visible to the user. It does not access or collect any user data."
Photobucket Embedded Image Fix
"This extension fixes nuked Photobucket pictures.
This extension makes all ransomed Photobucket images visible to the user. It does not access or collect any user data."
#16
I think about all the build threads, tech walkthroughs, and info on forums out there that just went dark. And will probably never be rebuilt. I know I have years of posts on probably a dozen forums that I don't have the time to dig up, figure out and rebuild, even though I still have all the pics on my computer.
#17
manga_blue at mx5cartalk.com posted a Chrome-fix for this:
Photobucket Embedded Image Fix
"This extension fixes nuked Photobucket pictures.
This extension makes all ransomed Photobucket images visible to the user. It does not access or collect any user data."
Photobucket Embedded Image Fix
"This extension fixes nuked Photobucket pictures.
This extension makes all ransomed Photobucket images visible to the user. It does not access or collect any user data."
You are the man!!! Surprised it worked, but it does!