photobucket issues
 

Wasn't sure where to put this but, is photobucket just a shitbucket now or what? Its been forever since I've been able to copy a link and post a pic or vid and now when I log on, the site rarely ever even works at all.

Am I the only one having this problem?

It has been shitbucket for a while. I use imgbb.com now.

You have to pay to play now. They will be bankrupt in no time

I'm not going to go back and update my build thread using another hosting site, so that is basically dead now

So what's everyone using for hosting now? They just killed mine also

This bullshit move killed millions of build threads on the internet. $20 a year, cool, hell maybe even $50, but $400!? No way

They are taking a public bashing for it also. I am sure they will be gone in no time.

3-6 months max and they'll have to close up shop or rethink their ludicrous price point.

Their CEO is out of his fucking mind thinking people are going to pay $400/year. Some of the comments that I have seen I would have to agree with as far as it being a form of extortion or ransom even.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out, they are either too far gone $$ wise to make anything work and this is the beginning of the end for photobucket or they will rethink their pricing strategy.

This certainly won't help forums as a whole any since they are taking such a big hit from social media platforms.

Well all my build threads are dead, I'm not chunking out 4 bills a year for ya'll to look at my stuff... :-/

Yea they really fucked everyone. All the how to threads and builds gone!

I try to host everything on this site with albums... not the easiest thing to do but it seems to be working.

what the tits

FOUND A FIX:

Thought I'd post this here, incase people are looking for a fix for this.

If you're using chrome web browser on your pc, theres a work around for this using a chrome plugin called "Fix Embedded Photobucket Images"

This fixes all the broken images, if you still see a broken 'please update your account..." crap image after installing the plugin, press ctrl+shift+r on the page which will refresh and clear the cache, which fixes the image.

Lets avoid photobucket like the plague so this is no longer needed, this bypass is useful if your reading older threads with photobucket images.

So all those threads aren't gone, its a simple fix for now, spread the word or someone post a sticky, that would help.

Cheers! :cheers: