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Another function becomes paysite Dec 17, 2017 22:52:49 GMT

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Post by mac on Dec 17, 2017 22:52:49 GMT

Photobucket has long been a useful service for eBay and Amazon sellers as they can use it to host images for their listings.

However, the company has just decided to begin charging anyone who uses its photo service for hotlinking, as it's known. The unexpected move has caused chaos for many online sellers as images of their products have suddenly been replaced with a rather ugly message urging them to update their account to enable third-party hosting.

Logging into their account, affected users have been upset to discover that Photobucket is now requesting a hefty $400 a year for hosting services when up to now it was available as a free service.

From Foxnews. More here: www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/07/05/photobucket-angers-lot-its-users-with-sudden-payment-demand.html

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Another function becomes paysite Dec 17, 2017 23:20:05 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2017 23:20:05 GMT

Oh trust me I know all about that. I had 3 photobucket accounts for use on forums I ran. Fortunately I got disgusted with them last year due to constant down time and slowness. I moved all my images to a new host.. Still a lot of images were trashed on forums thanks to them.

mac Level 5 Council Posts: 487 Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"https://media.istockphoto.com/id/1356781034/vector/seamless-pattern-with-triquetra-sign-celtic-knot-icon-line-art-celtic-symbol-of-triangle-in.jpg?s=612x612&w=0&k=20&c=5tNBw_n6wJBOGCq7FnWfCur4D95ynNd6YDXh8nzyph4="}	Another function becomes paysite Dec 17, 2017 23:27:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mac on Dec 17, 2017 23:27:01 GMT Payment should be imposed only on new images. I'm sure they lost a host of users and some goodwill, but money is obviously more important to them.
	No, I'm not a huge fan of Apple products - the username comes from my family's Celtic origin!

Joey Service Department Loyal member, member number 100, contest winner & super-poster [TI38] Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Posts: 14,144 Mini-Profile Background: {"image":"http://www.eurogarden.ro/images/galerie/galerie9/1873-flower_garden.jpg"} Year of Birth: Before dirt Nationality: Euro-American	Another function becomes paysite Dec 21, 2017 9:35:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Joey on Dec 21, 2017 9:35:53 GMT Yep I let photobucket too.

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otterman Guest	Another function becomes paysite Nov 22, 2018 21:40:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by otterman on Nov 22, 2018 21:40:38 GMT If they don't charge you a fee to give you a passsword that opens the articles, they urge you to donate money, which is almost just as bad.

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Another function becomes paysite

Post by mac on Dec 17, 2017 22:52:49 GMT

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Post by mac on Dec 17, 2017 23:27:01 GMT

Post by Joey on Dec 21, 2017 9:35:53 GMT

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