What is Photobucket thinking!?!?

[Sysop]

Glad I avoid cloud services for everything possible.

 

[ovrszd]

Glad I avoid cloud services for everything possible.

There was a time when you had to use a host to attach pics to a post here.

 

[Sysop]

I do host my own pictures for here and other forums. I prefer to be responsible for my own content. I've always suspected the more popular "free" cloud services would end up becoming "pay" services.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I do host my own pictures for here and other forums. I prefer to be responsible for my own content. I've always suspected the more popular "free" cloud services would end up becoming "pay" services.

I don't have a clue how to do that. Even though I'm on the younger end of things I'm wayyyyy behind on computer stuff.

Brett

 

[dfkrug]

There was a time when you had to use a host to attach pics to a post here.

Not in the 13+ years I have been hosting pix on TBN. Indeed, at 1048 photos uploaded, I may be in the top 1-5
TBN uploaders. I have never liked to use 3rd party hosting, cuz they mess with your sizes, and they might delete
them at any time. That's the free sites: Photobkt, Picasa, Shutterfly, etc. If you pay, that's a different story.

I used to have a web page hosted on Verizon.net, my ISP at that time. One day, they just deleted everything.
Since I did not pay for that extra service, I had no say or warning. I had links to my page in my TBN signature.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Yeah, it certainly sucks but they're fully within their "rights" to do it. All the more reason to keep a proper backup and not trust free services with anything critical.

Yep. If you think you can depend on free services to be there for you, I have a bridge to sell you, and zero sympathy.

 

[ovrszd]

I never think free services are there for me. They are there to make money. TBN included.

I simply think PB went about it wrong.

 

[sandman2234]

I never think free services are there for me. They are there to make money. TBN included.

I simply think PB went about it wrong.

I totally agree! It will be interesting to see if the larger customers of PB are enough to keep it afloat or if it will go the way of the Edsel. The price to use their services is above the threshold of what individuals want to pay to post pictures from what I have heard.
David from jax

 

[buckeyefarmer]

There was a time when you had to use a host to attach pics to a post here.

Not since I've been on.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

I totally agree! It will be interesting to see if the larger customers of PB are enough to keep it afloat or if it will go the way of the Edsel. The price to use their services is above the threshold of what individuals want to pay to post pictures from what I have heard.
David from jax

It's a long way above what I'm willing to pay! I'm paying less than a tenth of that to have my own domain and website, which includes unlimited email addresses. I can host my own photos if I want to, for no extra money.

Anybody who wants to can do the same. It's not difficult.


They made two huge mistakes here:

1. No warning. There is no alternate universe in which such a drastic change is acceptable with zero notice.
2. Overestimating the dollar value of their service (by a factor of at least 10!). I doubt there will be many takers at that price.

I deleted my PB account and told them why. I suspect a lot of people are doing the same.