Unfortunately, I do (or did) and as of yesterday they have suddenly without any notice put a block on ALL image hosting.
I know others on here had also used them, such as Fcgamer and Stealthlurker because they've linked to their albums.
Basically, all it is now is a glorified photo folder that you may as well have on your PC, unless you want to pay $400..
I will need to move ALL my images over to imgur now, which is a real pain in the ass and is going to take me ages.
I chose Photobucket before because for 10+ years they'd held form and stuck around, while others disappeared.
I can't remember a time when Photobucket wasn't an ad-ridden nightmare. Imgur all the way! (although they host some pretty shady ads sometimes).
That really sucks, though. At least they didn't delete your photos or anything. I never use photo hosting sites as long term service. I always assume they'll go away or change terms or something. If you need things to be permanent, you have to roll your own image host (which isn't too hard, but does require some technical skills and money for hosting).
Yes I agree imgur is a smart step forward as they're currently the most secure and future-proof free image host out there.
Someone else pointed out that Photobucket are on a fast-track to shutting down actually, so best to get your pictures off there and saved while you still can.
Shame, but nothing is forever right? The annoying thing is - you can't even click the 'no 3rd party hosting' image that now displays and instead go to the site to view, it's still blocked!
Quote from: UglyJoe on June 29, 2017, 07:02:16 am
I can't remember a time when Photobucket wasn't an ad-ridden nightmare.
I do! And it pisses me off now! >:(
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on July 02, 2017, 10:39:34 pm
Quote from: UglyJoe on June 29, 2017, 07:02:16 am
I can't remember a time when Photobucket wasn't an ad-ridden nightmare.
I do! And it pisses me off now! >:(
Me too! :diskkun:
I, too, remember when Photobucket wasn't a huge ad and worked really well. I've got a few hundred pics there, probably.
Rather then switching to another similar site where ads pay the server costs, I decided to take advantage of my own domains and put up an image host for myself. Of course I could've just used FTP, but that's bothersome and you have to get the URL yourself, etc. I was gonna code a really simple login and upload thing myself, but when googling for guides I found https://codecanyon.net/item/advanced-image-upload-management/49931 which does exactly what I want and bit more. The code/license cost only $8 + taxes and Paypal fees, around $11 in total. Money well spent, I'd say.
Team flickr. Always been great.