Further to @twang ‘s post back in January (https://theafterword.co.uk/alternatives-to-photobucket/) it seems that Photobucket have decided they’re going to ping you US$400 for the privilege of hosting your pics for consumption on blogs like these. If you have an account there, it might be time to make sure you have your own copies and accelerate your decision on an alternative hoster…
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/30/photobucket_charging_400yr_3rdparty_pgs/
Harold Holt says
and maybe that was the reason behind the site becoming unusable and/or hostile as reported back in Jan…
Twang says
Funnily enough I had just been thinking it’s improved, at least via the Droid app. Oh well.
Harold Holt says
Clarification…US$400 PER YEAR subscription. Good luck with that pricing model.
GCU Grey Area says
For that price, couldn’t have your own domain name and website, with your own image sharing?
That’s going to hit a lot of people in the hobby world in particular, who use Pbucket to host images on the various modelling blogs that I visit.
Tinypic appears still to be free, as does Imgur.
I’m guessing that Photobucket’s bandwidth costs are currently extremely high.
Harold Holt says
For that price you can buy three Office 365 subscriptions, with change left over. I assume they just want people to go away.
Tony Japanese says
This thread has reminded me I have (had) a Photobucket account which I haven’t looked at for ten years. It’s been deleted now.
Ahh_Bisto says
Ahh…Alternative Hoster…such a great Stiff Little Fingers track
bricameron says
Another one bites the dust.
Twang says
Sewer Robot says
Cat got your photo of a tongue, Twang?
Twang says
Wha’?