Thumbs down Photobucket users held to ransom
Submitted by groverwa on Sun, 2017-07-09 19:26
Thumbs down Photobucket users held to ransom
Photobucket users held to ransom
Sun, 2017-07-09 18:29
Photobucket users held to ransomThis from Woodwork forums
To all Photobucket users.
Please be advised that Photobucket is holding its members to ransom and will/has stopped photos from being used on 3rd party sites. Because of this there could once again be a loss of pics on Woodwork Forums and Metalwork Forums.
This could mean the loss of around 14 years of photo's hosted on Photobucket. Like other losses of photos on the forums this out of our control and there is absolutely nothing we can do about the loss of any pics hosted on Photobucket and linked to from this site.
I urge all Photobucket users to have a look at the below and maybe get your photos off that site and on to a memory stick or hard-drive for storage as this could spell the end of Photobucket, not to mention play merry hell with pics on these forums and almost all other forums, blogs etc, etc around the world.
Below is a couple of extract from news.com.au < Click link for more.
Photobucket, a US-based image and video-hosting website founded in 2003, quietly changed its policy late last month to prevent users from hosting their content on third-party websites unless they pay a $US400 ($526) annual fee.
Members who used the previously free service to store their content for use on auction sites, blogs and internet forums have discovered their images replaced with a message asking them to “update your account”.
The move means more than a decade worth of images hosted all over the internet have suddenly turned into broken links unless members sign up for one of Photobucket’s “competitive subscription plans”.
To all Photobucket users.
Please be advised that Photobucket is holding its members to ransom and will/has stopped photos from being used on 3rd party sites. Because of this there could once again be a loss of pics on Woodwork Forums and Metalwork Forums.
This could mean the loss of around 14 years of photo's hosted on Photobucket. Like other losses of photos on the forums this out of our control and there is absolutely nothing we can do about the loss of any pics hosted on Photobucket and linked to from this site.
I urge all Photobucket users to have a look at the below and maybe get your photos off that site and on to a memory stick or hard-drive for storage as this could spell the end of Photobucket, not to mention play merry hell with pics on these forums and almost all other forums, blogs etc, etc around the world.
Below is a couple of extract from news.com.au < Click link for more.
Photobucket, a US-based image and video-hosting website founded in 2003, quietly changed its policy late last month to prevent users from hosting their content on third-party websites unless they pay a $US400 ($526) annual fee.
Members who used the previously free service to store their content for use on auction sites, blogs and internet forums have discovered their images replaced with a message asking them to “update your account”.
The move means more than a decade worth of images hosted all over the internet have suddenly turned into broken links unless members sign up for one of Photobucket’s “competitive subscription plans”.
dodgy
Posts: 4584
Date Joined: 01/02/10
I've got some retrieving to
I've got some retrieving to do. Got 13 or 14 years worth of fishing pics uploaded there that I don't have any other copy's of.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Brock O
Posts: 3259
Date Joined: 11/01/08
Getting sick of photo bucket
Getting sick of photo bucket and all the pop up shit...any other good options gents ?
sea-kem
Posts: 15040
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Yeah it's turned to absolute
Yeah it's turned to absolute garbage Brock. In the end they just lose all their subscribers.
Love the West!
Brock O
Posts: 3259
Date Joined: 11/01/08
I was a free loader...only
I was a free loader...only used it for this site and a old car forum.
but can imagine others getting sick of it....think it gave the option last time to pay to not see the pop ups....Bahaaa
sea-kem
Posts: 15040
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Cheeky shits it's how my
Cheeky shits it's how my online games work too, pay to get rid of the adds.
Love the West!
gruntre69
Posts: 533
Date Joined: 15/10/16
I use Google and used to put
I use Google and used to put links on newhilux.net from there when I was into tricking up that car and posting on that forum regularly. It worked well but I haven't tried it on here. I find the default factory picture function on this forum software quite limited and it seems to always have errors with image sizes and rotation.
Marine trimmer NOR (available for clears, tops, carpet, upholstery, custom equipment covers)
Adam Gallash
Posts: 15653
Date Joined: 29/11/05
Crap
Yes killing us too. Fishwreckapedia as well, fw brag competition and any images added into threads from photobucket. Very frustrating.
Site Admin - Just ask if you need assistance
Billcollector
Posts: 2086
Date Joined: 16/05/09
Puts a whole new meaning to
Puts a whole new meaning to ransomware because that's what the pricks are doing.
dodgy
Posts: 4584
Date Joined: 01/02/10
copied this from another
copied this from another forum i am a member of.
If you are using Google Chrome, install this extension and all PB images on any forum will reappear:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/d...flicjjgj?hl=en
(edit)
Alternatively try this;
Open Chrome
Click on the rows of small horizontal lines located in the top right hand corner
Then click on "more tools"
Then on "Extensions"
Then "Get more extensions" if you already have some, e.g. Ad Block.
Type in "Photobucket embed fix" and hit the return key
A link to "Photobucket embed fix" extenstion should appear. Click on it and you are done.
Failing all that, go to "help" and find out how to load 'extensions' and then add extension "photobucket embed fix".
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
ranmar850
Posts: 2702
Date Joined: 12/08/12
use Smugmug
I've been using Smugmug for as lonng as i'vee been posting on the net. I've always considered Photbucket to be crap--I have a Pro account with them for considerably less than PB are asking for the basic right to just post on the net. That said, I probably do a lot more posting than the average user on here, as I am on photographic and motorbike forums, and photography is a serious hobby for me.