Pictures being held to ransom by Photobucket....
Discussion
Ok, so historically i used photobucket to upload, store and share photos from - before the days of OneDrive, etc.
They tried to monetise it some time ago by not allowing you to share photos via links on here, etc, unless you were a paid subscriber and clearly that didnt work.
So now they are "watermarking" the photos. All very well but even when you download the pictures the watermark comes with it.
Done in a very underhanded way too, as when i last logged on they offered me the chance to upgrade to the latest version (as a values member) and its this new version that has the watermarks.
s.
So the solution is to become a paid subscriber and they remove the watermarks from my own photos, which is nice of them.
Anyone know of a way to download the pictures / remove the watermarks so i can close my account with these thieves?
They tried to monetise it some time ago by not allowing you to share photos via links on here, etc, unless you were a paid subscriber and clearly that didnt work.
So now they are "watermarking" the photos. All very well but even when you download the pictures the watermark comes with it.
Done in a very underhanded way too, as when i last logged on they offered me the chance to upgrade to the latest version (as a values member) and its this new version that has the watermarks.
s.So the solution is to become a paid subscriber and they remove the watermarks from my own photos, which is nice of them.
Anyone know of a way to download the pictures / remove the watermarks so i can close my account with these thieves?
DocJock said:
Subscribe for one month, download them all to host elsewhere, cancel your subscription.
Yeah thats looking like the only way.Not sure i trust the lying weasels to let me cancel, but i've a virtual credit card i can use.
Didnt want to give in to them and pay at all but a month might be the only option
mike9009 said:
Yep, they should go bankrupt and return everyone's property for free. A failed business model should not necessitate ripping consumers off.
How are they going to do that? Millions of people show up to an industrial estate and get asked nicely that when the look through thousands of racks of powered down hard drives that they don't look at or copy anyone elses photos, and all out the building by lunch time when the auction starts.
mike9009 said:
ging84 said:
Yeah they are such monsters
What they should instead do is allow themselves to go bankrupt and everyone can lose their photos
Yep, they should go bankrupt and return everyone's property for free. A failed business model should not necessitate ripping consumers off.What they should instead do is allow themselves to go bankrupt and everyone can lose their photos
SCEtoAUX said:
The only people being "ripped off" will be those who didn't keep a local copy and a local backup of their photos.
Don't forget to also exclude those who didn't keep a local copy but over the past 2 years or so since they started to add all the charges decided to download all their photos while it was still free.SCEtoAUX said:
mike9009 said:
ging84 said:
Yeah they are such monsters
What they should instead do is allow themselves to go bankrupt and everyone can lose their photos
Yep, they should go bankrupt and return everyone's property for free. A failed business model should not necessitate ripping consumers off.What they should instead do is allow themselves to go bankrupt and everyone can lose their photos
I just find it irksome that they are effectively holding peoples images to ransom.
Having said that, some people on another forum who were more interested in helping rather than trying to be smart came up with a solution, so all good
ging84 said:
If you just wanted help you could have asked a simple question, rather than have a half assed rant about being held to ransom by thieves.
You fully opened the door to people expressing their opinions so don't whinge about it when they do.
Whatever buddy. I'll leave you to find some other stranger to argue with on the internet. You fully opened the door to people expressing their opinions so don't whinge about it when they do.
Deep Thought said:
SCEtoAUX said:
mike9009 said:
ging84 said:
Yeah they are such monsters
What they should instead do is allow themselves to go bankrupt and everyone can lose their photos
Yep, they should go bankrupt and return everyone's property for free. A failed business model should not necessitate ripping consumers off.What they should instead do is allow themselves to go bankrupt and everyone can lose their photos
I just find it irksome that they are effectively holding peoples images to ransom.
Having said that, some people on another forum who were more interested in helping rather than trying to be smart came up with a solution, so all good
Storage is astonishingly cheap and can be completely automated. Threads like this help to remind people about that.
Deep Thought said:
Whatever buddy. I'll leave you to find some other stranger to argue with on the internet.
Tried to be the bigger man and just walk away, but fell at the first hurdle by making a smug point about it.Enjoy your photography forum where I'm sure everyone agrees photobucket are assholes for only giving the world a decade of free storage and hosting.
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