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Photobucket extortion has eased just a bit. (Read 246 times)
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Photobucket extortion has eased just a bit.
03/15/18 at 05:48:04
Last year Photobucket (PB) said if we wanted to keep using images here that we had stored on PB, we'd have to give them $400 for "Third Party Hosting." Hateful extortion.
Now, apparently due to a huge wave of complaints, they have lowered their extortion level to $99.
I considered using some other service and replacing all the images (hundreds) in the Double RYCA Build thread to get back to a free situation, but jeeeeez, that would be many hours of work.
Now that they lowered their extortion level to $99 (their so-called Premium plan), I can avoid those many hours of work. It is painful to pay it, but at that price, it is worth paying the fee and getting all the images back on the Double RYCA Build and several other threads I generated here.
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03/15/18 at 08:51:16
Hello! I don't know much about social media but how about create a Facebook page or Youtube to upload pictures and videos from now on?
I think it might be better option for long term. It is just my thought.
Have a good day everyone.
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Personally, I attach photos in forums so that they will be hosted by the forum. That way if I fall by the wayside, the photos will still be there.
As far as PB, I don't use it, but how is it extortion for a company to charge for their services? There are costs associated with storing your photos (which they do for free) and additional costs associated with publicly hosting those photos.
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03/15/18 at 09:22:03
Back in the 90's, a lot of people put up web pages and linked to images or articles on other sites. As the linked sites went down or restructured their content, those links were broken and soon were lost forever. If it is important then keep it all on the same site instead of linking to 3rd party sites. Otherwise, just like during the 90's, the information will be lost at some point.
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03/15/18 at 10:11:57
kylejang wrote
on 03/15/18 at 08:51:16:
Hello! I don't know much about social media but how about create a Facebook page or Youtube to upload pictures and videos from now on?
I think it might be better option for long term. It is just my thought.
Have a good day everyone.
It is a convenience factor. When most folks are reading through a thread on a forum like this, they usually don't feel like going somewhere else to view a pic or video.
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ohiomoto wrote
on 03/15/18 at 08:57:24:
Personally, I attach photos in forums so that they will be hosted by the forum. That way if I fall by the wayside, the photos will still be there.
As far as PB, I don't use it, but how is it extortion for a company to charge for their services? There are costs associated with storing your photos (which they do for free) and additional costs associated with publicly hosting those photos.
You can not "attach photos in forums so that they will be hosted by the forum."
" how is it extortion for a company to charge for their services? "
Because PB, for decades made a very big deal about hosting pics for everyone on the planet for free. Trillions of pics put there by millions of people,.. all looking at the many ads on the FB site. Had I known that eventually I would have to pay $400 a year, I would never have used it. Most of us can't afford that kind fee.
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Fast 650 wrote
on 03/15/18 at 09:22:03:
Back in the 90's, a lot of people put up web pages and linked to images or articles on other sites. As the linked sites went down or restructured their content, those links were broken and soon were lost forever. If it is important then keep it all on the same site instead of linking to 3rd party sites. Otherwise, just like during the 90's, the information will be lost at some point.
Valid point
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If the service is free, then you are the product.
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03/15/18 at 11:18:10
I agree with Gyrobob (although I think the label "extortion" is a bit extreme).
It's definitely poor form. The company offers a free service - probably making their money from advertising on the site. They switch business models to one where the user pays for the service. However, they know that many people have invested hours upon hours in uploading images. They may even use the site as the basis for a business, such as a photographer or designer who uses the site as an online folio.
To jump from free to $400 is hefty. That decision probably relies on the assumption that people will feel they have no other option but to pay, because of what they have already invested in time.
I have no problem with their new business model, but the history in this particular instance creates a problem. They are using their 'free' service, and the popularity of it, as leverage to launch their new model. That creates ill-feeling.
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Gyrobob wrote
on 03/15/18 at 10:17:16:
You can not "attach photos in forums so that they will be hosted by the forum."
" how is it extortion for a company to charge for their services? "
Because PB, for decades made a very big deal about hosting pics for everyone on the planet for free. Trillions of pics put there by millions of people,.. all looking at the many ads on the FB site. Had I known that eventually I would have to pay $400 a year, I would never have used it. Most of us can't afford that kind fee.
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You are free to remove your photos from their servers and do whatever you please with them. Hence, it's not extortion.
And I'll just
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03/16/18 at 08:02:20
And post its URL for your viewing pleasure:
http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/pb.jpg
Which can now be inserted in any forum as long as I don't change or delete it from the above post (or, until suzukisavage.com goes down or removes it).
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ohiomoto wrote
on 03/16/18 at 07:54:31:
Gyrobob wrote
on 03/15/18 at 10:17:16:
You can not "attach photos in forums so that they will be hosted by the forum."
" how is it extortion for a company to charge for their services? "
Because PB, for decades made a very big deal about hosting pics for everyone on the planet for free. Trillions of pics put there by millions of people,.. all looking at the many ads on the FB site. Had I known that eventually I would have to pay $400 a year, I would never have used it. Most of us can't afford that kind fee.
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You are free to remove your photos from their servers and do whatever you please with them. Hence, it's not extortion.
And I'll just
attach
this photo.....
Nice try,.. you proved my point
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03/16/18 at 12:58:01
How so? The photo I "attached" is now being hosted by suzukisavage.com
What exactly is your point that I just proved?
EDIT:
Oh, do you think the photobucket 3rd party warning image is from them? Not the case, I downloaded to my computer off of the internet and then uploaded it to this site as an attachment in my previous post, and then referenced it as a (hosted) photo in the post right after.
The URL tells you what you need to know. For example, your screenshot is located here:
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh253/Gyrobob_theOriginal/3rd%20party%20ho...
(photobucket).
I can save that and put upload it as an attachment...
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And then insert the attached image that is now being hosted here (
http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/bobsscreenshot.jpg
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03/16/18 at 13:08:50
To further prove my point, (which is your point?) I can even go back and edit what I attached to the earlier post...
The new attachment is now hosted here:
http://suzukisavage.com/yabb2.2/Attachments/IMG_20170727_071804829_001.jpg
And it can be inserted here...
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