Photo bucket....what is this??

[Gnomey]

I backup across a variety of sources but most of my pictures are all cloud stored in various places. I do need more reliable offline backup still but that is a work in process :/

 

[Marcel]

I have got a NAS for my own cloud storage. Also I have 1TB storage at stack/transip located in Amsterdam. That's enough for now 8)

 

[Robert Porter]

Photobucket has attracted the attention it deserves:

Comment: Photobucket's 'ransom demand' illustrates the perils of relying on free services
Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket's 'ransom demand' - BBC News
Photobucket accused of blackmail after quietly requiring users to pay $400 a year to hotlink

 

[fubar57]

Just finished transferring my PB schtuff to my laptop. The pics were easy, click download album and it shows up as a zip file. The videos....well.... they have to be downloaded separately. Thankfully I stopped using the site once one of my pics here showed up as not found. My Personal Album suffered the loss of a few videos so I'll go back to the beginning, edit in the problem and post them again. Next up is to delete my account but first, contact PB and leave them a very brief message, the second word being "OFF"

 

[Gnomey]

Getting the poor publicity it deserves...

 

[fubar57]

Odd......can't contact customer support............

EDIT: for those wanting to contact PB and offer words...pissedconsumer.com

Photobucket Customer Service Phone Number, Address, Email

 

[at6]

I think PB just committed "suicide". I don't see them recovering from this mistake as too many users are now bolting from there.

 

[Robert Porter]

I truly hope so, if they pull this off with an intact customer base it will encourage others to follow the same path. But sadly I think that is exactly where it is headed. Imgur recently announced an upcoming change but no specifics, and Flickr via Yahoo is also apparently planning on a different path to monetization. My guess is ad revenue is tapped out.

 

[at6]

If ad revenues are tapped out, those of us without the income to pay are tapped out and shut out as well.

 

[Robert Porter]

I agree, I am switching to OneDrive from Microsoft and Google Drive from Google. Both still have free versions that are sizable.

 

[fubar57]

Just got a message from Gmail,

Address not found
Your message wasn't delivered to [email protected] because the address couldn't be found. Check for typos or unnecessary spaces and try again.

 

[Robert Porter]

Wow! That speaks volumes!

 

[fubar57]

PB worth, keep in mind that there are several of these sites and all are different. Google this sites worth and you will see as well

http://www.worthofweb.com/website-value/photobucket.com/

 

[Robert Porter]

If accurate, I would love to see those figures 30 days from now! I am hoping that the way they made this change is going to cost them dearly!

 

[fubar57]

Well this is awesome. In Post#51 you can see the gmail reply saying PB couldn't be reached. I just received this email from PB and this is the only time they answered my email. You can see the title of my email to PB at the top and the contents of my email to PB at the bottom safely censored out...

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....I deleted my account 3 days ago

 

[Robert Porter]

That is just sad, and truly shows how much they do not care about customers.

 

[Gnomey]

Certainly seems to be that way. Big mistake...

 

[Lucky13]

As we say in Sweden, sent ska syndaren vakna....or, when photobucket wakes up, it'll be too late for them!

 

[Gnomey]

Certainly. Although that being said it hasn't affect my sig yet...

 

[Robert Porter]

If you are on some form of paid subscription it will not affect you until your renewal takes affect. By law they cannot change the terms during the period only when it renews.