RIP Photobucket...
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Ha, great. I did wonder if PB would back track so in the end I left everything how it was and low and behold it is now back (for a while at least).
I won't host any new content on there and start moving stuff over, but I have a build log of my Skoda on another website that has been going on and off for 10 years. I really can't be arsed to go back and update the links to all pictures.
Edited to add, I see their pricing now - I would have paid that last time. I would have grumbled, yes, but I would have paid it. They could have handled it so differently. Made a big media shout about it, phased in a new pricing structure over 2 years starting with the first year as £2/$2 to get everyone used to paying for it, but at a price that not many would complain about, whilst being very open and clear about why they had to do it.
I won't host any new content on there and start moving stuff over, but I have a build log of my Skoda on another website that has been going on and off for 10 years. I really can't be arsed to go back and update the links to all pictures.
Edited to add, I see their pricing now - I would have paid that last time. I would have grumbled, yes, but I would have paid it. They could have handled it so differently. Made a big media shout about it, phased in a new pricing structure over 2 years starting with the first year as £2/$2 to get everyone used to paying for it, but at a price that not many would complain about, whilst being very open and clear about why they had to do it.
Edited by anonymous-user on Sunday 20th May 11:11
KrazyIvan said:
djdest said:
Theyve announced it on their facebook page, every reply is ridiculing them 
Well deserved ridicule as well, expect that it's all a bit too late.djdest said:
The hotlinks to existing images.
If they realise everyone isn’t taking up their cheaper offers will they turn off links again
Ah I see, sorry.If they realise everyone isn’t taking up their cheaper offers will they turn off links again
One wonders how they can possibly move on from this. Their site is neither unique nor good anymore, their best business model involved a long-standing user base one would have thought; a base that they have managed to alienate quite effectively. My gut feeling is that they will fold or be acquired sooner rather than later.
rigga said:
Podie said:
I see flickr has purchased by smugmug... more3 of the same coming?
Can't see any other hosting site trying to charge huge money after seeing what happened to photobucket.Podie said:
rigga said:
Podie said:
I see flickr has purchased by smugmug... more3 of the same coming?
Can't see any other hosting site trying to charge huge money after seeing what happened to photobucket.
k all by trying to take the piss.While moving to charging extortionate fees for external hosting and breaking large parts of the internet was the previous CEOs downfall, I can't help but feel that backtracking on that may end up being the downfall of the new one. Maybe I'm being overly cynical here but to me that just smacks of a lack of conviction in the direction, damages customer trust and I guess massively pisses off the folks that shelled out the hundreds of dollars to restore their image hosting when this kicked off in the first place. I really can't see this winning back many customers.
rigga said:
Podie said:
I see flickr has purchased by smugmug... more3 of the same coming?
Can't see any other hosting site trying to charge huge money after seeing what happened to photobucket.Good to see that PB are still "Proudly hosting" as of the New Year
Last year Vimeo decided to do something less crass, but still somewhat irritating, by capping the total storage limit for free accounts, whereas previously there had simply been a weekly upload limit
In order to make it difficult to manage a free account, there is no size info on the videos uploaded, so it's not easy to delete less watched videos to make room for new uploads
Obviously it's possible to guess size based on length, but that's not the point if the account is total storage space limited
Disappointing, because I much prefer the Vimeo community to the equivalent on YouTube
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Last year Vimeo decided to do something less crass, but still somewhat irritating, by capping the total storage limit for free accounts, whereas previously there had simply been a weekly upload limit
In order to make it difficult to manage a free account, there is no size info on the videos uploaded, so it's not easy to delete less watched videos to make room for new uploads
Obviously it's possible to guess size based on length, but that's not the point if the account is total storage space limited
Disappointing, because I much prefer the Vimeo community to the equivalent on YouTube
(Edit to comply with posting rules)
Edited by Scrump on Saturday 5th January 13:25
Edited by ukkid35 on Sunday 6th January 19:40
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