Any photobucket users here?

[Bexxie]

I know photobucket is kind of an old photo hosting/sharing service but I thought I'd make a thread anyways.

Apparently, overnight, they have stopped allowing 3rd party hosting unless you upgrade your account for $400 per year. I know business is business but they are kind of a dying site anyways. Plus every time you go on there you are bombarded with ads.

Anyways my purpose on making this thread is to send out a PSA just in case you use PB to host your images.

[Charmander]

I use PB. Arg does that mean I should switch it all over to another page? What a hassle

[Bexxie]

I use PB. Arg does that mean I should switch it all over to another page? What a hassle

Unless you want to spend a $400/year then yeah you'll have to switch to keep sharing your pictures.

Stupid move on PB's part.

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[Pusheen]

Thanks for the heads up, I have an account there since like 2008, I should save the most important stuff

[Aura]

Gotta save all my PB cringey old Neopets art lol
who would pay $400 when there's free sites though? lol

[Bexxie]

Gotta save all my PB cringey old Neopets art lol
who would pay $400 when there's free sites though? lol

PB has gotten greedy in it's old age. 😡

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[Urbex]

$400/year is absolutely insane...there's free options and even if you were willing to pay there's much more affordable options O_o
Maybe this is them trying to lower their userbase?

[Bexxie]

$400/year is absolutely insane...there's free options and even if you were willing to pay there's much more affordable options O_o
Maybe this is them trying to lower their userbase?

Unless they are trying to shift their business in a different direction or have it completely shut down idk why they would do this.

At this point all they are good for is picture storage but why bother now. PB is going to be useless to probably most of its user base.

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[AyBeCee]

If anyone is after alternatives, I have some recommendations:

Tinypic

Pros
Renames file image

Cons
Can't sort into albums/folders
Captchas

Imgur

Pros
No account required
Can sort into albums/folders
Renames file image

Cons
There have been previous issues with hotlinking on forums (I haven't heard of anything on Neopets yet though)
Reduces quality of large images

Ultraimg
Account required

Pros
Can sort into folders

Cons
Account required to remove watermark
I have encountered errors bulk uploading before
Can't download
Does not rename file image

Dropbox
Account required

Pros
Can sort into folders
Does not reduce quality of large images

Cons
Limited storage space (haven't personally encountered this)
Does not rename file image
Extra steps required for hotlinking use

Other sites which I have heard of but haven't personally used
SomeImage

[Aska]

Going to ride this storm out. I can't see how they can last when they want people to pay that much money.