Photobucket has new ownership

Grog · July 14, 2018, 02:25:39 PM

Free............

Dave W · July 14, 2018, 03:52:31 PM

Very interesting. I can see them b/c I have the extensions installed, but I just opened IE which doesn't offer an extension, and I can still see your photos. They must have changed their policy back to what it was before the ridiculous price increase. Either that, or they think you're very special.

Thornton Davis · July 14, 2018, 05:39:52 PM

Dave, I deleted my Photobucket account after I setup my account on Imgur's site during this past winter so I would have to assume all of my PB photos are non-retrievable and that I'd have to start from scratch if I was to use their hosting service again.

TD

Grog · July 14, 2018, 06:28:08 PM

I didn't close my account, just left it as it was & opened a new account with Imgur.

Dave W · July 14, 2018, 11:32:20 PM

Quote from: Grog on July 14, 2018, 06:28:08 PM
I didn't close my account, just left it as it was & opened a new account with Imgur.

Same here.

Quote from: Thornton Davis on July 14, 2018, 05:39:52 PM
Dave, I deleted my Photobucket account after I setup my account on Imgur's site during this past winter so I would have to assume all of my PB photos are non-retrievable and that I'd have to start from scratch if I was to use their hosting service again.

TD

I checked some of your old posts, unfortunately yours are all gone.

BTL · July 15, 2018, 12:13:48 AM

I had an old subscription account that was $25 per year.

I never renewed it after the price increase, but my pics never disappeared.

Grog · July 21, 2018, 08:01:44 AM

Somebody posted this article on another forum................

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/17/photobucket-image-hosting-plans/

Dave W · July 21, 2018, 11:43:34 PM

Quote from: Grog on July 21, 2018, 08:01:44 AM
Somebody posted this article on another forum................

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/17/photobucket-image-hosting-plans/

That explains a lot but it doesn't explain how I can still see your photos linked here (in IE, without the extension available for Firefox and Chrome) even though you don't have a paid plan. Including the photo of you in of your fra-gee-lay sweater that you sent me in a PM.

Pilgrim · July 23, 2018, 08:46:33 AM

Quote from: Grog on July 21, 2018, 08:01:44 AM
Somebody posted this article on another forum................

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/17/photobucket-image-hosting-plans/

Thanks for the article. All I can say is that although I have plenty of photos there, I don't ever plan to actually use or link to Photobucket again. I downloaded just about everything I had there, and thanks to their neanderthal download process, it cost me about 4 hours of my life.

uwe · August 10, 2018, 04:00:48 PM

I believe never again will they attempt something like that.

I cannot believe that any credible management consultant was ever asked about his opinion on that. 'Twas a mad idea.