what happened to photobucket?

[Blodwyn Pig]

Hi all, all my images seem to now be blocked, it says  PB does not allow 3rd party hosting at my current  account level, and its asking me to upgrade from free to 500 PLUS at a cost of $399.     Whats happened, is this a scam, a virus or PB just being greedy?

[Torslanda]

Something similar happened to me a while ago. Now it just doesn't want to work.

[numbnuts]

Sorry, an unexpected error occurred. 

[Blodwyn Pig]

it says PB have revised its terms on 28 june,  and NO 3rd party hosting unless you have the 500 plus account??  No more hosting from the free account AT ALL..   What other free and, quicker sites are there out there.

[PaulF]

Someone on another forum had the same issue. I use Flickr for hosting photos with no issues.

[trekker12]

I use imgur.com. Seems to work OK

[Basil]

First thing that worried me was that any picture I've posted here will have disappeared.  Nope That seems OK.

Now I've finally got out of bed, I've gone to the site on my lap-top.  Messy, advert heavy, but still ok.

Next, a test.



Hmm.  Well I can see it.  I assume everyone else can?

[Little Jim]

See what?


 

[Jaded]

I can see an ACF cap.

[Oscar's dad]

It could only be a matter of time Basil.  My photos have disappeared off yacf and been replaced with this:



As others have said, it would appear Photobucket want $399 to upgrade my account so I can do third party hosting.  I don't mind paying some money but not that much.

[mrcharly-YHT]

Hmm.  Well I can see it.  I assume everyone else can?

Looks like a 'tache on the ridge of crib goch

[numbnuts]

Working again 

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Russians?

[Samuel D]

As others have said, it would appear Photobucket want $399 to upgrade my account so I can do third party hosting.  I don't mind paying some money but not that much.

Then you might be interested in ImageShack, which I use. It’s $3.99 per month, payable by PayPal (which takes care of the currency conversion).

I used it when it was free, until ImageShack did what Photobucket is doing now. At the time it had an awful user interface and viewer experience, again like Photobucket does now. However, when they started charging they greatly simplified everything, removed the ad infestation, and generally made it a nice thing to use. So I reluctantly coughed up the fee ($1.99 a month then).

All of these free services will eventually go under, lose your data, or start charging overnight.

Your best bet if you don’t want to pay is probably Flickr, since it’s massive, owned by a semi-reputable company, and used by serious photographers (who would sue if Flickr did something too crazy).

[Blodwyn Pig]

ok Can some one give me a crash course on how to put Flickr pics on here. or can't I ?

[JonBuoy]

Click on the picture in your Flickr account.

Click on 'Share Photo' - an arrow to the right of your picture.

Select 'BBCode' then copy and paste the resulting code into your post on YACF like so:


The watcher by jwilton634, on Flickr

[Blodwyn Pig]

ok thanks, Ill try that.

[Basil]

How come my picture upthread is still showing?

[spesh]

How come my picture upthread is still showing?

How many pictures have you uploaded to Photobucket?

My understanding from reading comments elsewhere is that it's the higher bandwidth accounts that have been cacked by PB, but they will get around to the small fry in due course. I've only uploaded a handful of pictures to to PB for posts in the For Sale boards, and at the moment, I can see hot-linked pictures and the ones I've only linked to (though I need to remember to disable my adblocker first).

[Basil]

Yeah.  I s'pose I'm on the list for later.

[Valiant]

With the amount of people complaining about PB and being locked out, I'd say get your photos off unless you have a backup and move to someone like flickr.

[ian]

Photobucket has been awful for a long time, I gave up, it's blasts advertising and pop-ups at you like a hyperactive porn site and should you survive that onslaught the pictures are less, erm, interesting. There's no shortage of frankly better alternatives.

[Bledlow]

With the amount of people complaining about PB and being locked out, I'd say get your photos off unless you have a backup and move to someone like flickr.

I always have a backup. I keep nothing on the web that I don't have a copy & preferably a few copies) on some media I can lay my hands on.

[Jaded]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40492668

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket's 'ransom demand'

Thousands of images promoting goods sold on Amazon and other shopping sites have been removed after a photo-sharing service changed its terms.
Ebay and Etsy have also been affected, in addition to many forums and blogs.
The problem has been caused by Photobucket introducing a charge for allowing images hosted on its platform to be embedded into third-party sites.
The company caught many of its members unaware with the change, prompting some to accuse it of holding them to ransom.
Denver-based Photobucket is now seeking a $399 (£309) annual fee from those who wish to continue using it for "third-party hosting" and is facing a social media backlash as a consequence.
The BBC received an automated response when it tried to contact the company and is still seeking comment.

Financial difficulties?   Anything I have on PB is expendable.