End of photobucket
Submitted by sea-kem on Tue, 2017-07-25 11:24
So I receive an email from photobucket today saying they had disabled the feature that lets me post to a 3rd party site like FW'd. They now want me to upgrade to a 500plus plan for $399 per year lol well fark that. I'll just delete all my pics and shut down the account like countless others will I guess. If it was a nominal fee of $20 I'd consider it but I'm sure they're making millions from al the advertising click bait.
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Faulkner Family
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just a bit rich for the
just a bit rich for the average joe bloe just to save and share their pics and memories. greed has got hold of them .
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Sulo
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Unfortunately it looks like
Unfortunately it looks like it is going to do a whole lot of damage to a whole lot of image heavy forums which is a massive shame. Heaps of forums have used and recommended their members post up using photbucket links. So many informative sites are now not as good as they were.
Very rude of photo bucket, but I guess they are in business to make money.
Darren253
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Recommendations
Does anyone have any free alternative recommendations?
Stevo81
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imgur.com
imgur.com
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grantarctic1
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Have Not
Have not used photobucket for some time now, every time i tried to log in , it would clog up my computer with add's and tracking cookies. Then crash and i would have to try and log in again , now they want me to pay a stupid amount for the same service ,
Bye Bye photobucket, was good in the begining but like all romances , the honeymoon is now over .
Deleted
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This site will suffer
This site will suffer heavily. There will be so many posts without images now
dodgy
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Yep. 14 years of pics on
Yep. 14 years of pics on there.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Moking
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There's a lot of pissed off
There's a lot of pissed off people on worldwide Forums. Estimates being made, Worldwide for Photobucket 100 million customers - 15 billion images.
I was reading a couple of comments on other Forums- one of the biggest Forums to be effected is for Stamp Collectors, all there pic's for years are gone! It's made there Forums non existent without pic's.
Some are saying that the days of free photo/pic's hosting sites will be a thing of the past.
And don't pay Photobucket anything,rumours are they won't be in business for much longer!
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beau
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ive been looking for some
ive been looking for some alternatives and have come across this one for a quick and easy link for embedding one or 2 pics or adding a pic as a comment http://tinypic.com/
Fathom
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tinypic lol
It's operated by Photobucket, read the terms
beau
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Doesn't bother me who its
Doesn't bother me who its operated by, as long as it works..
Adam Gallash
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Yep
Tis absolute rubbish, lost a hell of a lot. Especially fishwreckopedia, not real happy about any of it.
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Doc
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Too true Adam, I used the
Too true Adam, I used the fishreckedopedia a lot when I was over there in WA and still refer to it interstate also.
Rob H
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At the end of the day (and I
At the end of the day (and I doubt Adam will like me saying this) it is really up to the websites themselves to update their websites to receive pics.
FW allows you to post pics straight to a new post but not to someone else's post hence relies on another website to host that data.
Certainly Photobucket has pulled a shifty on everyone but also was providing something for free which they are not now.
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Everyone's just winging it.
Jackfrost80
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Can't blame photobucket for
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Adam Gallash
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Wished
Wished it was that simple re photos in threads, this web platform doesnt work for it. Been trying since 2005. The new update i was planning to install this year has it, but it doesnt support 50% of the other functions we need. Talk about damned if you do, damned if you dont. :(
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Vinesh87
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You all have Facebook. Just
You all have Facebook. Just host your image on a private album ? Thats what i do anyway
sea-kem
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Ok so was looking for some
Ok so was looking for some confirmation feedback from here. Account deleted and a piece of my mind as a reason for leaving.
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OOH YEH
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No I
don't do face book !!!!!!
TF in DZ
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They are big business
They dont do it for a hobby and the losses these tech companies incur and still worth squillions is unreal in my experience big business is always trying to screw someone for a buck and their deep pockets buy em time to do so.
Photobucket today..youtube facebook tomorrow??
This really sux for a few forums i read, as if competing with stalkbook wasn't enough now they either have to plaster pages with clickbait ads or charge subscriptions to cover costs let alone make a buck or 2.
Jody
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But .....
Seems to still work ok. Shit load of adds on there
TWiZTED
beau
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Lol
Lol
Jody
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LOL
Damn, didnt last long
TWiZTED
Jackfrost80
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Imgur Test
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
grantarctic1
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Any info
Any info mate. Ie ; easy to sign up, cost, easy to use , do they spam the shit out of ya once signed up ?
Cheers Grant
Jackfrost80
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Seems to be ok so far. I had
Seems to be ok so far. I had to download another app to resize the image though
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
grantarctic1
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Cheers
Cheers , i'll give it a go ..