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Offline Cfilbert

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Photobucket is scamming us!
« on: Jul 07, 2017, 11:50 AM »
I logged into my post and all my pictures are now not working.  Did some searching and this is what I am finding from Photobucket.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/4/15919224/photobucket-broken-images-amazon-ebay-etsy-paid-update
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #1 on: Jul 07, 2017, 12:16 PM »
Well I guess I wont be posting any more pictures of my fishhouse build until I find another photosharing site.  Does anyone use something other than photobucket?

Thanks
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #2 on: Jul 07, 2017, 02:54 PM »
Well although I have had issues with PB...was wonky and slow at times ..worked just fine for what I used it for and was free ..guess I will have to research other options before first ice . 
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #3 on: Jul 07, 2017, 08:09 PM »
Yep you can no longer post pics off there unless you want to pay the dang fee of $400 , I refuse to pay that

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #4 on: Jul 07, 2017, 08:23 PM »
Well I guess I wont be posting any more pictures of my fishhouse build until I find another photosharing site.  Does anyone use something other than photobucket?

Thanks

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #5 on: Jul 07, 2017, 09:30 PM »
If you have a facebook account just use that. Photobucket was always too slow for my liking anyways.

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #6 on: Jul 08, 2017, 10:36 AM »

I switched to IMGUR
 

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #7 on: Jul 08, 2017, 12:40 PM »
Oh well...

It's their funeral, not ours...lol

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #8 on: Jul 08, 2017, 05:48 PM »
Oh well...

It's their funeral, not ours...lol

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Exactly my thoughts.

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #9 on: Jul 08, 2017, 07:44 PM »
I've seen the handwriting on the wall for this. Time to go.....

Photobucket, you brought this on yourself.
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #10 on: Jul 08, 2017, 08:07 PM »
my pics still show from photobucket for now but just switched to imgur just in case.im not paying and cant afford $400 a year to share pics.

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #11 on: Jul 08, 2017, 08:58 PM »
I switched to IMGUR


I did also, it's easier and faster.
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #12 on: Jul 08, 2017, 10:05 PM »
And this from IMGUR Terms of Service, you know, that goofy document no one reads but agrees to anyway before you sign up for anything...

" Also, don't use Imgur to host image libraries you link to from elsewhere, content for your website, advertising, avatars, or anything else that turns us into your content delivery network. If you do – and we will be the judge – or if you do anything illegal, in addition to any other legal rights we may have, we will ban you along with the site you're hotlinking from, delete all your images, report you to the authorities if necessary, and prevent you from viewing any images hosted on Imgur.com. We mean it."

My highlight, just sayin'....
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #13 on: Jul 09, 2017, 12:45 PM »
Well I guess I wont be posting any more pictures of my fishhouse build until I find another photosharing site.  Does anyone use something other than photobucket?

Thanks

https://www.flickr.com
Or do what I've been doing for quite some time and link from your Facebook images. 
Gotta update my sigs and stuff in my profile here when I get time.

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #14 on: Jul 10, 2017, 07:53 AM »
Ended out  going with Google app so does it work?? Should be a picture of two fog lights on a table..

https://goo.gl/photos/aC8oHzJbhSUoyTQH8



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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #15 on: Jul 10, 2017, 08:27 AM »
Ended out  going with Google app so does it work?? Should be a picture of two fog lights on a table..

https://goo.gl/photos/aC8oHzJbhSUoyTQH8
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #16 on: Jul 10, 2017, 08:52 AM »
A stupid question probably, but why is this scamming only happening to certain people?  All my images are still working.  Will it just be a matter of time before everyone's images are ransomed?  I know very, very little about image hosting and have been with photobucket for forever, so I don't know anything about any of the others either.
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #17 on: Jul 10, 2017, 08:53 AM »
Yes sir


Nice thing is you get unlimited storage space for free and no adds !! With the Google photo app.. found it at the Google play store .. free down load too.. btw delted all my photo bucket accounts glad I did now!

Offline Cfilbert

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #18 on: Jul 10, 2017, 11:25 AM »
The worst part is getting all of the old photos back onto the site.  I think that is a good job for later though.

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #19 on: Jul 10, 2017, 12:24 PM »
If I were you guys, I'd go into my account and download all my pics into a ZIP file and delete your account. PB has but nothing but horrendous the last 2 years. And now blackmailing customers into using their service? FU PB.

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #20 on: Jul 10, 2017, 06:43 PM »
A stupid question probably, but why is this scamming only happening to certain people?  All my images are still working.  Will it just be a matter of time before everyone's images are ransomed?  I know very, very little about image hosting and have been with photobucket for forever, so I don't know anything about any of the others either.

I would imagine it's a question of bandwidth.  Those who burn through the most are the first to get the axe most likely.
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #21 on: Jul 10, 2017, 07:47 PM »
A stupid question probably, but why is this scamming only happening to certain people?  All my images are still working.  Will it just be a matter of time before everyone's images are ransomed?  I know very, very little about image hosting and have been with photobucket for forever, so I don't know anything about any of the others either.

I've asked the same question (to myself) and arrived at the same answer. I only used 15% of my "allotted"  storage and even at that it's only a couple of sites I post to. Not a lot of storage space and virtually zero bandwidth to link the pics in posts.

If you have gigabytes of pics and link to a number of high traffic sites or (worse yet) a commercial enterprise that gets a ton of visits, well, that's the reason PB is being PB right now.

Bottom line: If it seems too good to be true, well then.... Free image hosting and unlimited third party hosting, what's the catch? I think they just figured it out.

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #22 on: Jul 10, 2017, 11:14 PM »

"Hey kid, just try it. The first one's free...."  >:D

Last one was free too.. ;D

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #23 on: Jul 11, 2017, 01:06 AM »
A stupid question probably, but why is this scamming only happening to certain people?  All my images are still working.  Will it just be a matter of time before everyone's images are ransomed?  I know very, very little about image hosting and have been with photobucket for forever, so I don't know anything about any of the others either.

It's coming....just got mine tonight.....good by PB.

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #24 on: Jul 11, 2017, 09:12 AM »
here's the email they send.

WE NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN USING
PHOTOBUCKET FOR 3RD PARTY HOSTING*
PLEASE UPGRADE TO A PLUS 500 PLAN.

Our Terms of Service does not allow 3rd party hosting with your current account level.

*What is 3rd Party Hosting?
Photobucket defines 3rd party hosting as the action of embedding an image or photo onto another website. For example, using the <img> tag to embed or display a JPEG image from your Photobucket account on another website such as a forum, Etsy, eBay auction listings, a blog, etc. is definitively 3rd party hosting.

Are my pictures still safe?
Yes! All your photos are still available by logging into your Photobucket Account. Photobucket has only restricted the ability to view your photos on 3rd party sites.

Can I download my Photos?
Absolutely, at any time. It is an easy four step process:
Step 1. Login to your Photobucket Account
Step 2. Navigate to your library page
Step 3. View a photo and click the download button
Step 4. The picture will be saved to your computer

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #25 on: Jul 11, 2017, 10:56 AM »
Got the same email this morning, looks like its time to find something else. Has anyone used or looked at tinypic? I know some of the wyoming guys use it
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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #26 on: Jul 11, 2017, 02:32 PM »

I got the same E-mail this morning , but I've already switched to imgur ,
 

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #27 on: Jul 11, 2017, 03:47 PM »
Got the same email this morning, looks like its time to find something else. Has anyone used or looked at tinypic? I know some of the wyoming guys use it


I did a long time ago and all of a sudden  ton of teens were taking rude selfies. Of there body parts is why I stopped using tiny pic cause they would not block them kinda a bad think seeing them not do any thing for some ones teen daughter posting nude photo of then selfs I am more or less boycotting that company cause of it..


By the way found out on the sister site my fish finder .com .. that Google image app does post pictures to this site right on this site might want to check it out.. also the storage is unlimited and free and best part fast with no adds ..

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #28 on: Jul 11, 2017, 05:11 PM »
I'm sort of cool with my new 100% speedometer avatar..

It was free too... @)

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Re: Photobucket is scamming us!
« Reply #29 on: Jul 11, 2017, 05:35 PM »
It works



 



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