I'm ticked off.
Photobucket for years has been the site where many people on this, ADV, and other forums have put photos to post. Just like radio ads or TV, the terms of service were that you put up with their ads and they let you post your photos. To link from their site is called 3rd party use.
As of June 28, 2017 and without fore warning, Photobucket changed their terms of service. Putting your photos on their site is still free, but to post images on this or other forums (3rd party use) NOW REQUIRES A $399/YEAR PLAN. I have 2,415 photos there, many of which have been used to create "how to" posts in this and other forums, simply share trips, jokes, etc. For example, the thread regarding how to lube the shifter is no longer showing the photos I posted. Moving to another host will be extremely difficult and time consuming. Further, doing some Google research, it appears that they are not charging till people have a larger number of photos.
"Try this little taste of crack cocaine, Sonny."
They added ads to the point that I had to click on 4 pop-ups every time I changed pages on their site. The background scripts they were running slowed my computer to a crawl. After this unilateral Photobucket TOS change and shakedown, I'm fed up and looking for ideas on where else to go. I don't mind paying a fee, but $400/year is a shake-down and I refuse to pay that much. Plus, what's to stop them from demanding $800 next year?
2daMax posted one idea, regarding Google Images.
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=21751.0
What other ideas do all of you have?
Photobucket for years has been the site where many people on this, ADV, and other forums have put photos to post. Just like radio ads or TV, the terms of service were that you put up with their ads and they let you post your photos. To link from their site is called 3rd party use.
As of June 28, 2017 and without fore warning, Photobucket changed their terms of service. Putting your photos on their site is still free, but to post images on this or other forums (3rd party use) NOW REQUIRES A $399/YEAR PLAN. I have 2,415 photos there, many of which have been used to create "how to" posts in this and other forums, simply share trips, jokes, etc. For example, the thread regarding how to lube the shifter is no longer showing the photos I posted. Moving to another host will be extremely difficult and time consuming. Further, doing some Google research, it appears that they are not charging till people have a larger number of photos.
"Try this little taste of crack cocaine, Sonny."
They added ads to the point that I had to click on 4 pop-ups every time I changed pages on their site. The background scripts they were running slowed my computer to a crawl. After this unilateral Photobucket TOS change and shakedown, I'm fed up and looking for ideas on where else to go. I don't mind paying a fee, but $400/year is a shake-down and I refuse to pay that much. Plus, what's to stop them from demanding $800 next year?
2daMax posted one idea, regarding Google Images.
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=21751.0
What other ideas do all of you have?