Alternative to Photobucket

[The Old Fat One]

Can anyone suggest an alternative to photobucket for posting photos. Photobucket appears to be dog pooh these days.

[andytug]

I've used imgur.com, but depends what you need it for, it's OK for just linking to websites like this one.

[Background Noise]

If I just want to post a picture, rather than keep an online photo album, I use TinyPic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting (http://tinypic.com). I don't know how long the photos remain accessible in practice and it appears to be operated by photobucket - more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinyPic

[PPRuNe Towers]

If you explore the yellow bar at the top of every page you've all had a storage album here for a couple of years now. Plus instant inline posting at up to 2000 pixels on the longest edge. The inline option gives the higher resolution.

Rob

[Carbon Bootprint]

PT, where amongst the items on the yellow bar may one find this option? None appear to specifically reference a photo album. Thanks and apologies if I'm missing something.

[crewmeal]

https://postimage.io/

Make sure your piccys are JPEG not RAW. A very simple sight with plenty of options.

[Old Speckled Aircrew]

It's under user cp when you log in CB

[The Old Fat One]

Many thanks, it's not actually for this forum, but i posted the question here as you guys are always so helpful...as proved again!

I'll go with imgur

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[BEagle]

Photobucket appears to be dog poo these days.

Not even that good! They're now expecting people to upgrade to some paid account just to link the occasional photo.

The greed of Photobucket appears to know no limits....

[India Four Two]

If you explore the yellow bar at the top of every page you've all had a storage album here for a couple of years now. Plus instant inline posting at up to 2000 pixels on the longest edge. The inline option gives the higher resolution.Rob,

I tried this recently, but I seemed to run into some kind of limit. Is this the case?

Not even that good! They're now expecting people to upgrade to some paid account just to link the occasional photo.

The greed of Photobucket appears to know no limits....

It's worse than that. Every photo I've posted over the last few years is now replaced with a black-mail image!

[dogsridewith]

Screenshot that Photobucket replacement image for a class action lawsuit.
Lengthy agreed-to terms undoubtedly let PB stop free hosting. But do they really let them mess up all your third party writings with that lying defamatory image?
Lying, in the sense that for a lot of us it won't be "temporary," because we're not going to pay the ransom.
Lying, in the sense it is showing a dial needle swung past 100%, when my free hosting usage, per their report, is 1%.
Defamatory, because it makes it seem like I ran past some data storage limit when I wasn't even close, and not doing something about it.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o84/dogsridewith/IMG_6582_zpsccozh6if.jpg
Photobucket has always been difficult to use, but am I the only one w/ at least a few photos (left on) there that are part of message forum posts, etc.?
Wow! Seconds after I originally posted this on another forum, PB removed the "temporary" sentence and reduced the image size. (I do have a camera picture of it...which I can share when set up w/ another host.)
note: at current time posters on two forums are indicating some Photobucket photos still link normally. Maybe it depends on user's attitude...or whether he bought enough offers of 50% off for large prints on canvas.
Ransom demand is 399. USD/year

[BEagle]

Has anybody been daft enough to pay the $399 ransom demand?

Sadly, some PPRuNers from earlier times who are now RIP will have had their piccies replaced by the Photo*uckwit greedometer...:(

[Fareastdriver]

Strangely enough, Vertical Freedom, possibly the most prolific poster of pictures on this site, hasn't been effected.

It must be because he is based in Nepal; therefore the Photobucket computer defines him as poor, or it is racialist.

[dsc810]

The greed of Photobucket appears to know no limits....

While the greed of those professional businesses linking umpteen hundred images stored on photobucket all for free while selling on ebay so raking in the max profit for themselves is OK....
Sad that as usual the minority abusing the "service" have wrecked it for those just linking a few casual images - but then such is normality these days.

On other forums some have also suggested Imgur as a replacement.
Strange to report the T&C's of imgur expressly forbid third partly linking.
So you can hardly say you have not been warned when they do the same.

In short lots of people have had it good for a long time and the real costs of PB hosting images can only be met by force feeding you ads (to be met with ad blockers) - or by someone actually having to pay.
After all if image hosting/storage was so cheap and you can do it for free why don't all the forums self-host images.........

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

I tried to switch to FlickR but it's nightmare - for an oldie I hasten to add!

[Democritus]

Provided the photo/image is on your own computer the easiest way to post them on here is to click on “Go Advanced” at the bottom of the page in the “Quick Reply” box. Then click on the paperclip – to the right of the single white smiley. “Attachments” will appear if you hover over it.

The “Manage Attachments” box appears once you have clicked on it. Click on “Browse”, select your photo from your computer. The file name will appear to the right of the Browse box. Click Upload and the photo will appear in your post as a clickable thumbnail. Example:-

[longer ron]

On other forums some have also suggested Imgur as a replacement.
Strange to report the T&C's of imgur expressly forbid third partly linking.
So you can hardly say you have not been warned when they do the same.



If you use imgur they do have a BBcode 'share' link for your images which would strongly suggest that they expect people to 3rd party link (on forums etc),they also have other 'shares' for social meedja etc.So a total of 4 'share links' on imgur hosted images.

I do not disagree that any of these photohosting sites could end up charging but hopefully the photobouquet 'ransom' fiasco will advise them to approach it very differently.

[andytug]

Also I think you can upload to imgur without having to sign in to an account, which is handy. No guarantee on longevity of pictures but does anywhere really guarantee longevity on the Internet?

[Background Noise]

If I just want to post a picture, rather than keep an online photo album, I use TinyPic - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting (http://tinypic.com). I don't know how long the photos remain accessible in practice and it appears to be operated by photobucket - more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinyPic

Also started using https://postimages.org - that one gives options for longevity.

[Loose rivets]

There seems to be zero reaction after you have created a file list to post. Just post as normal and it seems to work.

My reaction is to go wooooopie! I'll post ten times as much now. But that's probably just what we shouldn't do.

This is a test:

[Loose rivets]

An involved email from the bucket today.



Are my pictures still safe?

Yes! All your photos are still available by logging into your Photobucket Account. Photobucket has only restricted the ability to view your photos on 3rd party sites.

What is hard to understand is how it's been going on for so long without payback. I'd be fine with a nominal charge but I just want to know first.

A lot of data.

Photobucket is the global destination for linking and 3rd party hosting. In Photobucket’s 14-year history, the Company amassed over 100 million registered users, over 15 billion images stored, 2 million daily uploads and 10 billion photos accessed monthly.

Easy to Use – Upload a photo from any device and copy the embed code with one click to host a photo with no development or technical knowledge required

Competitive, fixed pricing Offers the only unlimited 3rd party hosting plan (Commercial and Personal Use)

[FullOppositeRudder]

This is most curious. My 'status' at Photobucket appears to be unchanged. I can still see photos I've posted on PPRuNe, but I can no longer see some others, where, for example, the excellent pictures from Dora-9 (http://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/505944-home-photos-dunnunda-mk-ii-76.html) have been replaced by the item mentioned earlier in this post.

I have three pictures on this page (http://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/505944-home-photos-dunnunda-mk-ii-76.html). I can still see them as originally posted. Are they still there for anyone else?

FOR

[Loose rivets]

Yep, lovely! :ok:

[dogsridewith]

This is most curious. My 'status' at Photobucket appears to be unchanged. I can still see photos I've posted on PPRuNe, but I can no longer see some others, where, for example, the excellent pictures from Dora-9 (http://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/505944-home-photos-dunnunda-mk-ii-76.html) have been replaced by the item mentioned earlier in this post.

I have three pictures on this page (http://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/505944-home-photos-dunnunda-mk-ii-76.html). I can still see them as originally posted. Are they still there for anyone else?

FORHave you been paying PB to upgrade to ad-free? Buy prints or anything?

[FullOppositeRudder]

Have you been paying PB to upgrade to ad-free? Buy prints or anything?No - that's the very curious aspect of what seems to be happening here. I've used PB only to host very occasional photo postings to some of the other threads in PPRuNe. I've been grateful for the free service, and I've always found the site to be trouble free and easy to use, but I've never paid for the service in any form....

'Tis a strange business indeed. (I almost feel the tiniest bit guilty)....

FOR

[Background Noise]

I have three pictures on this page (http://www.pprune.org/pacific-general-aviation-questions/505944-home-photos-dunnunda-mk-ii-76.html). I can still see them as originally posted. Are they still there for anyone else?

FOR

Not for me.

[BEagle]

Nope, it seems that the Photobucket ransomware has caught up with you, FOR...:uhoh:

I've been getting more e-mails from Photof*ckwit which I have ignored - it's as though they're getting more and more desperate. Are they in financial difficulty, or just plain greedy?

[Saab Dastard]

FOR, when you originally posted on this thread (12th), I could still see your pictures, but not Dora-9's. Now I can't see your either.

I presume that they have been running a process that's been churning through accounts, and as Beags has said, it's caught up with you.

SD

[FullOppositeRudder]

Yes - they've caught up with me by the looks of it ....

I'm not seriously upset for myself that PB have pulled the pin on free hosting - I have other options for publishing my occasional pictures, and they are more useful than PB. I wouldn't even be adverse to paying a reasonable subscription for the ongoing right to use PB as I have up until now. However it looks very much like I'll be up for a minimum of $100 pa, possibly $400 pa; It's not immediately apparent whether this figure is $AUS or $US. Most probably they are $US which translates to some $540 AUS for the full option - a ludicrous amount! Not that it matters - either amount is far in excess of what I can justify. I will just have to walk away from this quite useful option, and limit what I can do in this area in the future.

However I'm very disappointed at what this does to any worthwhile thread in this board which relies on quality pictures published at a size which makes it worth while. Some excellent threads on PPRuNe which exist for photo sharing only are now useless in the historical sense; previous pictures have been replaced by the PB "advertisement". Even if a new low cost (or even free) hosting provider is discovered, it would be a mammoth task to go back and edit every posting to point to the new URL. I suspect that most posters simply wouldn't bother.

Thank you PB, I appreciate what you have offered in the past, and I thank you for that. However you have now priced yourself out of my budget and it looks like the end of the road.....

FOR

[Tech Guy]

If you dont mind a paid hosting solution, SmugMug seem to be very well rated for around $40 a year.