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Post by wannabe on Jun 30, 2017 5:52:48 GMT
Do people actually click on the plethora of adverts that photobucket and the like submerge one's browser in??
I think I have probably intentionally clicked one, maybe two at most, in the past year...
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Post by Fizbne on Jun 30, 2017 7:27:24 GMT
WHOA.
HOLD THE canoe UP.
ALL MY THREADS ARE FKED.
FK YOU PHOTOBUCKET.
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Post by jackmorris205 on Jun 30, 2017 8:18:37 GMT
Like some others, i ditched photobucket a while ago for flickr, which I've had zero issues with
This absolutely sucks the big one, how they can fathom charging that much when there are so many better free options out there already I cannot understand!
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Post by martiny on Jun 30, 2017 15:54:44 GMT
Well, they get rid of almost all their non-paying users, so they benefit by reducing their bandwidth drastically by not serving millions of photos for free. They gain $400 per year from the small proportion who stay. They lose a load of clicks on their website adverts.
But the ads only get seen by users uploading or fetching links. The bigger crowds who see the photos embedded elsewhere don't see that tsunami of popups. That's why I wonder if they have a cunning plan to bring back free 3rd party hosting but with small adverts added onto the photos. Of course that would break the advertising terms and conditions of lots of other sites so the prarrie canoestorm would probably only get worse for them.
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Post by minty on Jun 30, 2017 16:17:09 GMT
Only a moron would pay $400.
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Post by jackyboy on Jun 30, 2017 17:08:23 GMT
Do people actually click on the plethora of adverts that photobucket and the like submerge one's browser in?? I think I have probably intentionally clicked one, maybe two at most, in the past year... Some people have really old software. The adverts bypass all pop up blockers that are out of date or old phones that have none. You genuinely cant get back to the site after the popups start unless uou restart the system. Its crazy. |
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Post by atlex on Jul 1, 2017 16:09:40 GMT
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Post by atlex on Jul 1, 2017 16:11:19 GMT
"photobucket" should get a new meaning.. to blackmail people their own prarrie canoe  |
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Post by martiny on Jul 1, 2017 17:52:33 GMT
I was looking for The Register's reaction yesterday. I knew it was the sort of story they couldn't resist. Maybe took a little longer than I expected for the news to spread.
LOL at "We have noticed you have been using Photobucket for 3rd party sharing". Really? At what point in the last 14 years did Photobucket forget that's exactly what Photobucket is for? What other purpose does it serve?
PS I see their Wikipedia entry has been edited now. Just one terse sentence added at the end of the first paragraph, but at least it stops the page looking entirely like a transcribed press release from Photobucket themselves.
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Post by Rickster on Jul 2, 2017 16:37:22 GMT
Like some others, i ditched photobucket a while ago for flickr, which I've had zero issues with This absolutely sucks the big one, how they can fathom charging that much when there are so many better free options out there already I cannot understand! I did this also some time ago. It's indicative of the current trend where all sorts of companies are trying to squeeze every last drop of blood out of us!!! Greedy bastards They are not owned by Rupert Murdoch are they!!?? |
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Post by Meerkat on Jul 4, 2017 15:20:17 GMT
I use a web hosting package to host my images, but I had the domain and hosting package anyway, so it made sense to do this rather than have an account somewhere else.
If you have a website, you can host your images on the same domain pretty easily. Even if you don't, hosting packages are a couple of quid a month. If anyone is interested I can post up a how-to.
It's probably worth considering this rather than moving to another commercial company which could eventually go the same way as photobucket
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Post by thruxton on Jul 5, 2017 6:32:38 GMT
Hi Meerkat.
Please post up a "dummies" how to, for me anyway.
And I mean a "dummies" version .... I'm old. Don't shout at me.
Regards.
Rich.
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Post by Meerkat on Jul 5, 2017 9:41:27 GMT
Hi Meerkat. Please post up a "dummies" how to, for me anyway. And I mean a "dummies" version .... I'm old. Don't shout at me. Regards. Rich. No worries! I will type something up today and post it up. |
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Post by Meerkat on Jul 5, 2017 11:24:40 GMT
Hi Meerkat. Please post up a "dummies" how to, for me anyway. And I mean a "dummies" version .... I'm old. Don't shout at me. Regards. Rich. No worries! I will type something up today and post it up. For anyone interested, I've just put up a how to here: mighty5s.com/thread/2034/host-images-own-web-domain |
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Post by martiny on Jul 10, 2017 15:10:31 GMT
Well I guess somebody may have lawyered up good and proper because PB have pedalled back just a bit on their new terms & conditions. If you had any kind of paid 'Plus' account (which I think includes just ad-free but haven't checked) then you can carry on as before until the end of next year.
This raises a few points, the first of which is that they think they'll still be in business in 18 months. The next is why only the paid accounts? And then I wonder if they got taken by surprize and actually didn't expect their paying customers to walk rather than cough up for their most expensive package. I can't help imagining them scratching their heads and wondering what it was about their surprise withdrawal of service and $400 ransom demand that had annoyed their long-term paying customers so much.
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le sigh