Photobucket pulls the plug!

[Garvin]

As some of you may know, Photobucket has finally pulled the plug on the 'third party hosting' of images - letting anyone see images when a link has been posted, or embedded, in a forum or website. See this article for details.

Already, links have been broken for anyone who uses Photobucket's free service, and in place of their images there is just this.

This move is outrageous after 14 years of allowing 3rd party hosting free (although not really surprising), but they are also doing it for their paid-for accounts, except the plan that costs $400 a year, which will cotinue to allow subscribers to post links to their pics on forums etc. Maybe it'll be $500 this time next year?

Photobucket changed its terms with no notice, which is plain extortion! The internet will never be the same if they don't backtrack on this decision.

Unfortunately, my various vintage airgun galleries all use Photobucket links to images, with most of the pics hosted by me, but quite a few by others too. Links to LeonardJ's pics have already been broken.

So if Photobucket doesn't reverse this decision (it might do this as millions of account holders leave in disgust) then I will have to stump up $400 a year just to keep my 20,000+ gallery images alive.

So far, as a subscriber to the $20 odd a year plan, my links are still active, but this could change at any moment.

Very reluctantly I've had to add a Paypal donations button to each of my forums and I would appreciate it if collectables regulars could donate something.

I've never wanted money to be a part of my forums and I'm really sorry it's come to this. I could move all the images to another free hosting site, although this would take months of hard work and there's no guarantee Imgur, Flickr etc won't follow suit eventually.

[johnbaz]

As some of you may know, Photobucket has finally pulled the plug on the 'third party hosting' of images - letting anyone see images when a link has been posted, or embedded, in a forum or website. See this article for details.

Already, links have been broken for anyone who uses Photobucket's free service, and in place of their images there is just this.

This move is outrageous after 10 years of allowing 3rd party hosting free (although not really surprising), but they are also doing it for their paid-for accounts, except the plan that costs $400 a year, which will cotinue to allow subscribers to post links to their pics on forums etc. Maybe it'll be $500 this time next year?

Photobucket changed its terms with no notice, which is plain extortion! The internet will never be the same if they don't backtrack on this decision.

Unfortunately, my various vintage airgun galleries all use Photobucket links to images, with most of the pics hosted by me, but quite a few by others too. Links to LeonardJ's pics have already been broken.

So if Photobucket doesn't reverse this decision (it might do this as millions of account holders leave in disgust) then I will have to stump up $400 a year just to keep my 20,000+ gallery images alive.

So far, as a subscriber to the $20 odd a year plan, my links are still active, but this could change at any moment.

Very reluctantly I've had to add a Paypal donations button to each of my forums and I would appreciate it if collectables regulars could donate something.

I've never wanted money to be a part of my forums and I'm really sorry it's come to this. I could move all the images to another free hosting site, although this would take months of hard work and there's no guarantee Imgur, Flickr etc won't follow suit eventually.

I closed my account with them ages ago Danny, They seemed to be hell bent on making the free accounts user unfriendly!!

They then removed two of my pics (Of a Tag helmet clock that belongs to me!) Saying they were copywrited or something similar!!

I only use imgur now!!

The best part is that I was going to go with a paid account with photobucket, Glad I didn't now


John

[Binners]

But, but,but I have pictures of my fence on there

[fullbandit]

had stopped using my PB account years ago but kept it so links you photos i had in forums could still be seen now they can't i have closed the account and sent them a sh8tty message about how unusable PB has become.

[Benelli B76]

Don't know why people still use Photobucket, a very frustrating "service". Found imgur quick and easy, hope they don't change in the future.

Baz

[Jimny4x4]

Don't know why people still use Photobucket, a very frustrating "service". Found imgur quick and easy, hope they don't change in the future.

Baz

Seconded that man .
Frustrating and then some - and that was only as a viewer .

[Troubledshooter]

Sorry to hear of the problems it looks like you are going to have, Danny. Wouldn't it be more economical to create your own website ?
I used 'Imageshack' many moons ago, but when they unilaterally closed all album sites, I went to my current hosting site, 'My Net Images', but, just in case, also started my own web site which I haven't finished playing with yet.
Over the years Photobucket has become so painfully slow to load and full of adverts that load before the subject matter, that I rarely click on their links now.

[barrel]

Will soon be able to host images on the BBS direct from your own computer, its something that will be a great improvement.

Kindest regards

Barrel

[Binners]

Will soon be able to host images on the BBS direct from your own computer, its something that will be a great improvement.

Kindest regards

Barrel

I should cocoa !!!

[barrel]

I should cocoa !!!

Have a read of the thread I started below.

http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....um-even-better


Kindest regards

Barrel

[Garvin]

It would be great if the BBS starts hosting pics! I've been lobbying for it ever since the IMG tags were turned off in collectables soon after it started. Thanks Ed, for taking the plea seriously.

Re. the Photobucket problem, it doesn't help me much to say 'I moved away years ago'! I started building galleries eight years ago when there was no inkling Photobucket would go downhill the way it has, still less stupidly 'kill the internet' through greed! Maybe it won't happen in the end, but who can say?

Yes, it would have been good to have hosted my own web site and pics many years ago, but I didn't want the cost then any more than now - and I've not done it to make money or 'big myself up' in any way, so the galleries have kind of grown organically, based on the generosity of those who supplied the pics. All I did was posted them in some sort of order.

Anyway, if I can't crowdfund the money to pay the current Photobucket extortionists, my galleries may just wither and die, which would be a shame but not the end of the world. It's up to the worldwide vintage airgun community collectively if they want to save them!

If Photobucket reverses itself, I'll happily refund any contributions.

[phil384]

As some of you may know, Photobucket has finally pulled the plug on the 'third party hosting' of images

Thank god for that. Hateful program. Got so bad and ad ridden I stopped clicking on links to it.

Imgur all the way.

[Garvin]

As some of you may know, Photobucket has finally pulled the plug on the 'third party hosting' of images

Thank god for that. Hateful program. Got so bad and ad ridden I stopped clicking on links to it.

Imgur all the way.

Yes, but Photobucket was fine for 'third party hosting' - embedding images in forums etc. Imgur is fine now, but so was Photobucket once...

[Paul_D]

As some of you may know, Photobucket has finally pulled the plug on the 'third party hosting' of images

Thank god for that. Hateful program. Got so bad and ad ridden I stopped clicking on links to it.

Imgur all the way.

Totally agree I used them after ntlworld web space was removed, currently use https://imgsafe.org seem ok up to now.

Lost all the pictures of my guns when ntlworld web space was stopped

[Rickenbacker]

Yes, but Photobucket was fine for 'third party hosting' - embedding images in forums etc. Imgur is fine now, but so was Photobucket once...

Hear hear.