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I realize this may be technically the wrong forum to cry about this problem, but I couldn't find a more appropriate one. Mods, feel free to put it elsewhere or delete if I have violated any rules, and if I have I am truly sorry.
I have made many posts over the years on many different forums on many different sites using Photobucket as the picture hosting service. Yes I know I was stupid to us such a site, but it worked for me. Till now. apparently Photobucket has a death wish and has blanked out all third party hosting unless you pay their ransom of 400.00 a year.
Thus, all my posted photos now are gone and replaced by a warning that I need to update and pay to revive them. I plan to download all my photos from them, if possible, and kick them to the curb. The monumental task of finding and replacing all photos in posts may be too much for me to handle and remain sane.
I see some other fools on this site and others have also used this service in the past and are facing the same fate.
There was little or no warning of this happening, or at last any that I saw. I understand the need to make a profit as well as anybody, but this seem suicidal to me from a business standpoint. If they wish to limit third party hosting they should put a start date on it and allow the previous ones to remain, in my opinion. I think a move like this will completely alienate all of their user and piss them off enough to defect and never return, like me.
What are others doing?
I have made many posts over the years on many different forums on many different sites using Photobucket as the picture hosting service. Yes I know I was stupid to us such a site, but it worked for me. Till now. apparently Photobucket has a death wish and has blanked out all third party hosting unless you pay their ransom of 400.00 a year.
Thus, all my posted photos now are gone and replaced by a warning that I need to update and pay to revive them. I plan to download all my photos from them, if possible, and kick them to the curb. The monumental task of finding and replacing all photos in posts may be too much for me to handle and remain sane.
I see some other fools on this site and others have also used this service in the past and are facing the same fate.
There was little or no warning of this happening, or at last any that I saw. I understand the need to make a profit as well as anybody, but this seem suicidal to me from a business standpoint. If they wish to limit third party hosting they should put a start date on it and allow the previous ones to remain, in my opinion. I think a move like this will completely alienate all of their user and piss them off enough to defect and never return, like me.
What are others doing?