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sheepherder · 08-06-2017, 11:51 AM

I received a follow-up email from M1911.org this morning, concerning PhotoBucket -

July has come and gone, and we are now in August. Still, the mess created by Photobucket is not over.

The latest news is that:

- Photobucket still insists that you pay $400 per year, if you want to be able to link to your pictures from other sites.

- They also have escalated the issues of users trying to download their pictures from Photobucket servers. So far, I have been unable to use the "Download album" function. Photobucket's support acknowledges the issue, but has not yet done anything to fix it. I know this issue worked fine, the first days after their "3rd party hosting" announcement, so I am pretty sure they've turned it of, so that people can't get their pictures back from Photobucket servers. The only way to download your pictures is to do it, one by one!

- It is now also impossible to download your videos, or even see them. I tried to see some of the videos I've uploaded to Photobucket, by visiting their site, and I get the message that "The owner has either deleted or renamed this". Needless to say, I have done neither, and again Photobucket's support acknowledges the issue, but has not yet solved it.

In other words, you can kiss your pictures and videos good-bye, if you do not have backups of what you have uploaded in Photobucket's site.

The funny thing is that someone in Photobucket has created all this mess, while it was entirely possible for them to avoid it and still to make money out of it. How? Simple! Photobucket says they have 100,000,000 users. If instead of asking for $400 per user per year, they have asked for $10 per user per year, most of their members would be only to happy to pay this small fee, to have their pictures shown in other sites, just like they always did. By asking for $400 per user per year, I am sure they won't have enough members paying for that (at least that's what is looks it's happening, as we are talking). Now, if Photobucket were to charge $10 a year for that option, they would have collected one BILLION US DOLLARS a year. By charging $400 a year, they need to find 2,500,000 members to pay that extorsion fee!! Somehow I do not see that happening. So somebody definitely didn't to his match correctly.

I haven't tried to download my pictures on PB, most are 15+ years old and no longer relevant or interesting, even to me.

But the point is well taken: $400 a year is ridiculous.

08-06-2017, 11:51 AM	#16
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	I received a follow-up email from M1911.org this morning, concerning PhotoBucket - July has come and gone, and we are now in August. Still, the mess created by Photobucket is not over. The latest news is that: - Photobucket still insists that you pay $400 per year, if you want to be able to link to your pictures from other sites. - They also have escalated the issues of users trying to download their pictures from Photobucket servers. So far, I have been unable to use the "Download album" function. Photobucket's support acknowledges the issue, but has not yet done anything to fix it. I know this issue worked fine, the first days after their "3rd party hosting" announcement, so I am pretty sure they've turned it of, so that people can't get their pictures back from Photobucket servers. The only way to download your pictures is to do it, one by one! - It is now also impossible to download your videos, or even see them. I tried to see some of the videos I've uploaded to Photobucket, by visiting their site, and I get the message that "The owner has either deleted or renamed this". Needless to say, I have done neither, and again Photobucket's support acknowledges the issue, but has not yet solved it. In other words, you can kiss your pictures and videos good-bye, if you do not have backups of what you have uploaded in Photobucket's site. The funny thing is that someone in Photobucket has created all this mess, while it was entirely possible for them to avoid it and still to make money out of it. How? Simple! Photobucket says they have 100,000,000 users. If instead of asking for $400 per user per year, they have asked for $10 per user per year, most of their members would be only to happy to pay this small fee, to have their pictures shown in other sites, just like they always did. By asking for $400 per user per year, I am sure they won't have enough members paying for that (at least that's what is looks it's happening, as we are talking). Now, if Photobucket were to charge $10 a year for that option, they would have collected one BILLION US DOLLARS a year. By charging $400 a year, they need to find 2,500,000 members to pay that extorsion fee!! Somehow I do not see that happening. So somebody definitely didn't to his match correctly. I haven't tried to download my pictures on PB, most are 15+ years old and no longer relevant or interesting, even to me. But the point is well taken: $400 a year is ridiculous. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...