Go f*ck yourself, Photobucket!

[regnaD kciN]

I have had an account with them for well over a decade, and have used it for photos I linked to over here. Contests, WFOT, end-of-year retrospectives, everything.

Well, I just got an email informing me that my account was being restricted because of "excessive 3rd-party hosting," and that all such links would be disabled until I converted my free account to a "convenient" monthly-subscription one.

Does the term "HELL, NO!" mean anything to you, Photobucket?

From now on, if I want to post anything here, I guess I'll host it on my own ISP. In the meantime, I'm afraid all my previous photo posts will be D.O.A. in a very short time, if they aren't already. Sic transit gloria mundi (or, in English, "Gloria Mundi just got motion sickness on the subway&quot .

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Got the same email this afternoon.

[handmade34]

2. yup

will be ending my connection with them real soon

[CentralMass]

3. I understand why you would be upset but their terms of service state this. .

From their terms of service agreement:
http://photobucket.com/terms


Types of Accounts, Pricing and Limits

Visiting : There is no cost to visit the Site or to register as a Member.
Free account : Each individual Member gets one free account that provides 2 GB of free storage or space available for your original photo files, or videos under 10min. The free account does not allow any image linking or 3rd party image hosting. If you are interested in image linking and/or 3rd party image hosting, you will need to subscribe to one of our Plus Accounts described below. Free account Members can upgrade to a Plus account at any time.

[regnaD kciN]

5. Those "terms of service" were recently modified...

From 2005 until the past few weeks, third-party hosting came free with the account.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Just got the email a few hours ago.

They could have at least told us they were going to change the terms of service. I will look for somewhere else to host my pics.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I echo your sentiments!

I first started using Photobucket back when I joined DU in 2003. There was a Lounge thread asking for pix of your pets and I said that I didn't know how to post pix, so a kind DUer showed me how. I've been using it ever since. I even upped my subscription to a paid membership when I collected too many pix, but the price they're asking now is ridiculous.

[Mz Pip]

7. My Spring entry was removed

I just checked. I didn't get an email, though. My account was only 22% full.

I wish DU was set up like Facebook and we could just post pictures directly from our personal files without going through a hosting site.

Mz Pip

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

8. I had an issue with them too a while back

regarding outputting my photos on canvas. They are very inflexible and I had spent not a small amount of money with them. SO I deleted my photos and closed my account.