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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22200 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
One should NEVER rely on any of the on-line photo sharing sites as one's storage for one's photos. Over the years several have vanished, many have been hacked, and most are heading into the "pay to use" camp. Given the cost of an external hard disk or two and the simplicity of transferring everything from the camera/phone/tablet to such devices I opted a long time ago for a pair of external drives and save everything twice for a small fraction of the price of a year's subscription with enough disk space to satisfy my needs. I only use on-line storage for stuff I want to share. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
interesting. I'm wondering if it depends on where you are and when you set up your free account. Or perhaps how much data you use / hotlink. In any case it seems to be time to move on. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Bye bye Photobucket, nice knowing you. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
One should NEVER rely on any of the on-line photo sharing sites as one's storage for one's photos. Over the years several have vanished, many have been hacked, and most are heading into the "pay to use" camp. Given the cost of an external hard disk or two and the simplicity of transferring everything from the camera/phone/tablet to such devices I opted a long time ago for a pair of external drives and save everything twice for a small fraction of the price of a year's subscription with enough disk space to satisfy my needs. I only use on-line storage for stuff I want to share. +1 for that Rob Smith, I rely on My hdd, here on the Beast, whatever is on the old Bucket, can be deleted at will, it means breaking links, but that's life. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
It just flabbergasts me the price they want for all this, and boggles my mind anybody using the service casually like most of us appear to do, would pay it. I sure won't. Yikes. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
It is also causing a bit of a problem across websites and blogs where the website/blog has used pictures and bits of pictures in it's design. Have a look here: http://raloria.livejournal.com/ Scroll down a bit and you will see the effect. Many are suggesting that Photobucket will rethink this as people will not pay for something that has been free for the past 10 years. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Many are suggesting that Photobucket will rethink this as people will not pay for something that has been free for the past 10 years. It's just such a jump from free to $$$+! The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Not just any jump! They have 3 price plans with the 1st 2 no 3rd party hosting. The 3rd does but at £307.68 per year, no way Jose. |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Many are suggesting that Photobucket will rethink this as people will not pay for something that has been free for the past 10 years. Or NOT. They may not give a rat's petoot. If they are smart, they have done some very careful calculations.................. If they lose 80% of their customer base...........so what? Non paying customers, actually a cost because Photobucket has to pay for storage and bandwidth to keep their accounts alive. The only revenue from non-subscription users is whatever advertising revenue Pb gets for force feeding ads to their browser and any prints or other goods Pb offers that they might purchase. I suspect it's not much. They probably figure that the percentage of users that stay onboard and pay the extortion will offset anything they may lose. I am not saying that giving probably tens of thousands of internet users the high hard one is a good business model, but maybe they are looking for short term profitability. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
For that sort of money, you can buy some massive, high spec 'Enterprise' HDDs, with plenty of change. Crazy. Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive! |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
For that sort of money, you can buy some massive, high spec 'Enterprise' HDDs, with plenty of change. Crazy. True. But for most people, at least initially, the site was not about storage. It was about a place that would host pictures on a server that others could access for sharing or posting online. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Iona Send message Joined: 12 Jul 07 Posts: 790 Credit: 22,438,118 RAC: 0 |
Over some 15+ years or so, I held a number of Domain Names and even the 'top end' of hosting on those domains for business, on a dedicated server, is still less than half the cost that Gutbucket want now. Perhaps they're relying on people thinking in terms of £/$X cost per month - some will think that cheap, for their 5 minutes of fame. Don't take life too seriously, as you'll never come out of it alive! |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Over some 15+ years or so, I held a number of Domain Names and even the 'top end' of hosting on those domains for business, on a dedicated server, is still less than half the cost that Gutbucket want now. Perhaps they're relying on people thinking in terms of £/$X cost per month - some will think that cheap, for their 5 minutes of fame. I know. https://www.powweb.com/ And for that price you can host all of photobucket, not just your little part. |
Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20267 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
For that sort of money, you can buy some massive, high spec 'Enterprise' HDDs, with plenty of change. Crazy. This is a sorry way to free up server space. Looks like I will be going to Flicker until they do this too. Just wish I could remember my Flicker password. Pb will suffer I hope in they long term. Some ppl have voices and long memories. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Looks like I will be going to Flicker until they do this too I tried imgur for the first time, today, and it worked fine, but as everybody has said, it's just a matter of time if PB is leading the way... The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
I deleted a lot of My photos and albums, plus I left a renamed album, to send a message, Net Neutrality or the lack might be behind this... XXX NO Hot Linking EQUALS NO New Pics XXX Any new pics will come from FB, maybe. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
J. Mileski Send message Joined: 9 Jun 02 Posts: 632 Credit: 172,116,532 RAC: 572 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
But for how long? Net Neutrality might be going bye, bye... Thanks to the FCC... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
J. Mileski Send message Joined: 9 Jun 02 Posts: 632 Credit: 172,116,532 RAC: 572 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65746 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
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