Croc Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 (edited) Like many of you on this site and other forums, I used Photobucket to host my photos and then link the image across here for display purposes - my CSR build thread, NJMP Sevens event, etc. However, starting this week, Photobucket modified its terms of service such that 3rd party linking of photos is not permitted under the first three tiers of membership/plans. Only the Plus Plan 500 $400 per year subscription gets that feature. The forums have come alive with the realization that build threads, blogs and many other DIY guides on forums like ours and others will or have been broken. Some of my threads on this forum have already broken. Given I seem to post more photos than most on here, I came across it earlier this week and have been trying to work out a solution. However, short of moving to another service the answer is I don't have an answer. Right now I am leaning towards deleting all of my photo bucket photos and starting afresh. This destructive solution is because Photobucket monetizes your photos (i.e. sells them). I don't see why I should have them host something that I cannot use. In the past they got monetization rights from me and I got a free storage/hosting solution - thats a fair trade concept. And at $400 per year for something I do not make any money off just does not make sense - I could spend that on more important things. There are other free services - Imgur and Flickr - which are available. Even Drop Box with its 2gb free is an option. Google Photos is not since they change their mind every few years and reinvent the service which means you have to reinvent your usage at the same time. While memory is cheap I guess there are lots of crappy selfie cell phone photos being upload which they cannot make money off? Any thoughts from others out there? Edited June 30, 2017 by Croc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DneprDave Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Just checking. http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg301/Dneprdave/How%20I%20look_zpsbjplovwm.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Any thoughts from others out there? All this time I've been mispronouncing "Photobucket", I guess. It seems the o, t, o, and b are all silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 Sean - LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breezy7 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 If you use Chrome for your browser there is a fix for the problem. It is a third party extension I found reading on a Miata site : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/photobucket-embed-fix/naolkcpnnlofnnghnmfegnfnflicjjgj?utm_source=gmail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DneprDave Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 That works! Thanks Breezy7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breezy7 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 One for Firefox:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/photobucket-embedded-fix/?src=search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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