RIP Photobucket...
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zygalski said:
So Photobucket hasn't gone under yet...?
I suspect it'll just reduce massively in size and keep the tiny proportion of customers who have agreed to pay. Given how many customers in total it had, only a small number would be needed to pay to make it a highly profitable business model. It's essentially a development of the Fremium Business Model.I've lost touch a bit with PB, when it all kicked off I started downloading each folder because it was easier than trying to find all the old images I'd uploaded, but as everyone else was doing the same, it was slow so I left it. Went back in a week or two ago and it seems they've now removed the "download folder as zip file" option, which is a bit of a pain. Oh well.
giblet said:
So John Corpus's plan to blackmail the Internet backfired then.
kers. I never used PB or understood why anyone did. wWho knew 
The horse has already bolted though, all the people that closed their accounts will not upload again and fix links, so there will still be tons of excellent content lost.
I know I can’t be bothered to do it, and I had hundreds of photos on various how to threads across forums.
I had a paid account with them for years but they won’t get a penny from me now.
I doubt I’d use it even if it was free, the site is unusable with all the annoying pop ups and adverts
The horse has already bolted though, all the people that closed their accounts will not upload again and fix links, so there will still be tons of excellent content lost.
I know I can’t be bothered to do it, and I had hundreds of photos on various how to threads across forums.
I had a paid account with them for years but they won’t get a penny from me now.
I doubt I’d use it even if it was free, the site is unusable with all the annoying pop ups and adverts
giblet said:
It seems you don’t need to fix the links as all the old links are working again. Only realised this when I went to post on an old thread of mine in Readers Rides and noticed that all my old photobucket pics were now visible again
They are indeed but I shan't add any more either. I might use the odd obscure one still in my library there however. Mostly, though, as I was able to download the lot, I set up what I need on Imgur.giblet said:
It seems you don’t need to fix the links as all the old links are working again. Only realised this when I went to post on an old thread of mine in Readers Rides and noticed that all my old photobucket pics were now visible again
Indeed, a thread I have been following elsewhere and which had broken PB links ever since I started reading it, started working again yesterday although I didn't know why. Quite helpful.Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff