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Post by simplyloco on Jun 30, 2017 6:52:58 GMT
Looks like the end of the road for Brit Progress viewers as Photobucket has demanded a ransom of $399 to continue to allow my pics to be shown on this forum.
Needless to say that I won't be paying it!
JB
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Post by Cro on Jun 30, 2017 7:09:00 GMT
I think quite a few of us are in the same boat here, threads are ruined now with photos missing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 7:12:52 GMT
I just checked mine after receiving an email this morning....total disaster....guess it's FB only for me from now on....sorry chaps...
Pete
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Post by andyhigham on Jun 30, 2017 7:43:42 GMT
Is it Photobucket or someone pretending to be?
I have just checked my Photobucket and no mention of fees etc, no emails either
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Post by 92220 on Jun 30, 2017 7:45:26 GMT
I've just Googled limits on Photobucket. It allows you up to 2Gb of FREE photo storage. The answer is to reduce the size of your photo files in a program like Paintshop Pro or Adobe Photoshop. Both these allow you to resize your photos and save, for storage. Unfortunately you can't do this retrospectively to keep forum photos at reduced size, as the photobucket path would be different from the original.
When I first used Photobucket, I just uploaded photos as taken on the camera - max resolution at 52Mb. It took quite a time to upload so I tried reducing to 4Mb like I use for Ebay. Now they upload quickly, and my Photobucket usage is very much lower.
Photobucket also has a 2500 image limit on albums. When you reach that limit you have to create another album.
Hope that helps.
Bob.
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Post by 92220 on Jun 30, 2017 7:50:18 GMT
Just had a thought after reading Andy's post. There was this problem of 'Ransomeware' hitting large companies around the world. They didn't get anyware with it. Maybe they are now trying it on in the 'private' sector.
You can always check it out by going into your Photobucket account and trying to upload a couple of dozen photos as a trial run. If you have no problem then just delete them and ignore the email.
Bob
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2017 7:57:14 GMT
I think the fact that images have been blocked in our threads shows that it's real Bob......for me life's far to short to let it get at me.....alas my thread will go no further unless PB change their minds very quickly..ie before i do the next update on FB which will continue as it doesn't use a hosting site...
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Post by 92220 on Jun 30, 2017 8:08:05 GMT
Just done a bit more Googling. It's not a scam, it means the Photobucket account has reached it's maximum FREE capacity but the $399.99 is a maximum. This is what I found:
Pricing: The cost of a PLUS account varies according to how much storage you need! Please note, all subscriptions are billed annually.
•2 GB - Free
•Ad Free (no additional storage or bandwidth) - $2.49 / Month
•50 GB - $59.99 / Year
•100 GB - $99.99 / Year
•500 GB - $399.99 / Year
Whether anyone is prepared to even pay $60 is another matter!!
I don't know if any of you who have been effected, can get into your Photobucket account and delete a couple of photos to get below the limit, then perhaps open another account with new password etc. Don't know if that is possible, but worth a try.
Bob
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Post by Lisa on Jun 30, 2017 8:08:20 GMT
That would be a shame Pete, as I can't see anything on facebook, and I do enjoy seeing your progress.
There are however a lot of image hosts out there on the 'net, so you can always pick another one with more favourable terms; I know several people who use tinypic.com and seem to like it.
I upload all my images to my own server, which is the simplest for me.
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Post by mutley on Jun 30, 2017 8:23:15 GMT
My photo bucket account appears to be functioning as normal. I am getting fed up with their intrusive advertising though so have been considering moving to another host. Out of interest are the people who have the problems running ad blocker software?
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Post by Roger on Jun 30, 2017 8:32:10 GMT
I'm staggered if anyone has used 2Gb of free data. Look at how many pictures I've posted, and I've hardly scratched the surface. I have reduced the Loctite resolution from the start though, because I didn't think it needed to be that high.
Maybe everyone is being informed of the costs of the varying amounts of data used? On Flickr, you can see the amount of data you've used, I'm sure you can do that on Photobucket too.
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Post by Lisa on Jun 30, 2017 8:40:08 GMT
Maybe they haven't Roger, the 'error' images say "100% third party hosting usage" rather than "100% storage usage", so it seems that photobucket just wants people to post links to the pic's on their site - probably hoping for advertising revenue - rather than putting images on the forum.
With the number of people affected, I'd guess they just changed their policy today, rather than everyone suddenly hitting the limit at the same time.
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Post by steamcoal on Jun 30, 2017 8:40:28 GMT
Adam.
You could say your all in the same "bucket"
Maybe its taking the lead from that ransomware doing the rounds.
A bit of a bugger really chaps.
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Post by Cro on Jun 30, 2017 8:43:06 GMT
They have a 'new terms and conditions' at the top of the web page now which outlines these costs. I'm fairly certain I haven't used up 2GB on the photos I have. It's crazy but I'm not going to go back and swap over all the photos after using a new hosting site, what a joke.
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Post by Cro on Jun 30, 2017 8:44:23 GMT
I've used 12%....
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Post by Jim on Jun 30, 2017 8:53:30 GMT
Just rechecked and at this stage it seems my avatar is only corrupted. I'm certainly not paying to go ad free.
Jim.
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Post by 92220 on Jun 30, 2017 9:12:10 GMT
Hi Jim.
Your photos seem to have disappeared too, on my computer. I did have a look at Roger's thread as well. His is OK so it must be something to do with the size of the photo files being posted to Photobucket. Perhaps we should investigate Microsoft Cloud to see what their limits are. They seem keen to get new users.
Bob.
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Post by Cro on Jun 30, 2017 10:13:44 GMT
Roger uses Flickr so he won't have a problem
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Post by Jim on Jun 30, 2017 11:05:06 GMT
Hi Jim. Your photos seem to have disappeared too, on my computer. I did have a look at Roger's thread as well. His is OK so it must be something to do with the size of the photo files being posted to Photobucket. Perhaps we should investigate Microsoft Cloud to see what their limits are. They seem keen to get new users. Bob. That's very odd Bob. I've just checked my earlier posts and only some photos seem to be infected. If Photobucket thinks this is a smart idea they may get a rude shock. Jim |
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Post by mutley on Jun 30, 2017 11:31:33 GMT
This is Photobucket protecting their income stream.
If you post a link to your photo from this site then the viewers don't actually visit the photobucket site and as a result don't get exposed to the advertising. Net result is that Photbucket's 'click through' rate drops and their revenue disappears. In effect they are giving you image hosting and getting nothing in return. As the old saying goes 'you don't get owt for nowt'...! To protect themselves they allow you a set amount bandwidth. This bandwidth allows you to show you images on other sites and as long as the number of views is low and the bandwidth is also low, everyones happy. If however you have a popular thread with lots of viewings, every time the photo is loaded the bandwidth goes up until, as people are discovering, the allowed bandwidth gets exceeded. At this point Photobucket stop the external site accessing the image and display their warning image instead.
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