All my picture links are broken. All those threads with my pics in them are now pretty much useless because of Photobucket. They suck.

I've been using a free Photobucket account for years. All these years, I've uploaded pics to their site and then linked to them from other places (like this forum).

Well, guess what... They just made a changed their policy and removed the ability to link to pics from other locations. They call it "3rd party hosting", and you can no longer do it from a free account. In order to have that ability, you must upgrade to a higher level pay account. In fact, in order to have the ability to do "3rd party hosting", you have to upgrade to their "Plus 500" level account.

Now get this.... The cost for the pay account that will allow this linking is.......  $400 dollars per year!!!

So, I'm really sorry, but my pics are gone. If anyone has a specific thread that they're looking at and want the pics, I'll see what I can do about hosting them somewhere else, but I have so many that there's no way I can wholesale move everything at once. Sorry...

12 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

Neil Young's style is hard to comprehend, let alone rate.  

You must be listening wrong.

He was an innovator and had a unique sound, but was not my favourite of that era. I am not saying he was bad by any stretch, just not my cup of tea. Having said that, I own a few of his LP's.....

23 minutes ago, wheee! said:

Over rated IMHO

Well, your nuts  IMHO  Neil got me through so bad times when I was young he's almost saint.

But then people go on about The Who and how talented they were, I could never stand them.

You guys have seen MOTOR CITY

 

"Too many Datsuns in this town" I've never heard that song, Neil has always loved big American cars.

i like the guys music. anyone who can play guitar and the harmonica at the same time and sing has some talent, and a sense of humor

 

Edited July 7, 20177 yr by sweatybetty

5 hours ago, wheee! said:

Over rated IMHO

Randy Bachman on the other hand...

Randy Bachman.....Paaa...leeeeeez!

Back to Phooto Bucket, from good ole wikipedia:

History[edit]

Photobucket was founded in 2003 by Alex Welch and Darren Crystal and received funding from Trinity Ventures.^[7][8] It was acquired by Fox Interactive Media in 2007.

In December 2009, Fox's parent company, News Corp, sold Photobucket to Seattle mobile imaging startup Ontela. Ontela then renamed itself Photobucket Inc. and continues to operate as Photobucket.^[9]

In June 2010, Photobucket was named in the Lead411's Hottest Seattle Companies list.^[10]

On June 28, 2017, Photobucket changed its Terms of Use regarding free accounts and third party hosting (hosting on forums, eBay, etc). Only the most expensive plan, at $399.99 per year, now permits third party hosting and linking to forums, etc.^[11]

This new business model has caused thousands of forum DIY's and write-ups with explanatory pictures to be rendered useless. About 500 words into the linked document was a declaration that free accounts would no longer permit image-linking to third-party sites. Ebay and Etsy have also been affected, in addition to many forums and blogs. Thousands of images promoting goods sold on Amazon and other shopping sites have been removed after the photo-sharing service changed its terms.

 

I wonder if they were Canadian too...............hmmmmmm

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ-nig6BxvM

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyI9IatUoyQ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRp9PSTKh_4

 

Photobucket's management is incredibly short-sighted and doesn't understand their customer base at all.  Weird.  $400 today could be $800 tomorrow.  They don't even understand why people are upset.

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/06/photobucket-complaints-over-charging/

Appears to be similar to the strategy of pharma bro?