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All images on Photobucket now dispay an image which says "Please update your account to enable 3rd party hosting"



That applies to all photobucket images including avatars.

Yes, it seems they updated their t&c's yesterday and linking to images can no longer be done on a free account.

I shall move all my photos to another hosting site, associated with my email account.
Can't update the links to here...

Wunderbar.

We had better find another option

Rotten devils !

Here are the T&Cs. Though mine just worked.
Types of Accounts, Pricing and Limits
• Visiting : There is no cost to visit the Site or to register as a Member.
• Free account : Each individual Member gets one free account that provides 2 GB of free storage or space available for your original photo files, or videos under 10min. The free account does not allow any image linking or 3rd party image hosting. If a free account Member exceeds their Content Limit, their account will be immediately suspended and they will need to become a “Paying Member” (defined below) in order to continue accessing their account. You can upgrade to a Plus account at any time.
• Ad-free Account : The Ad-free Account offers Members the ability to use the Site without seeing any third party banner advertisements when logged into your Ad-free Account (note, viewers of your images within Photobucket will see ads unless they, too, have Plus accounts and you will continue to see Photobucket offers and announcements). This account level is available for $2.49 / month, payable by the Member on a monthly recurring basis.
• Plus Account : The Plus Account offers several paid options that may give the Paying Member more storage, bandwidth, 3rd party image hosting, image linking and/or other services as outlined below. Once and during such period of time in which you subscribe to and pay for a Plus Account, we will consider you a "Paying Member." Please note that all Plus Account subscriptions are billed annually at the commencement of the service. Photobucket may also offer a monthly billing option for its Plus Accounts (see terms and restrictions, below).
• Available Plus Account Plans : Photobucket offers the following Plus Account Plans:

o Plus 50 Plan: 52 GB of Storage for $59.99 / Year. The Plus 50 Plan does not allow any image linking or 3rd party image hosting.

o Plus 100 Plan: 102 GB of Storage for $99.99 / Year. The Plus 100 Plan allows for unlimited image linking but does not allow 3rd party image hosting.

o Plus 500 Plan: 500 GB of Storage and unlimited bandwidth for $399.99 / Year. The Plus 500 Plan allows for unlimited image linking and unlimited 3rd party image hosting.


Read more: http://photobucket.com/terms#ixzz4lT6oPcSR

Any recommendations??

I use Flickr, which is free for 1 Terabyte of storage.

Do you pay or waste lots of time going on to the various forums you post on, re linking to an other free photo provider.

The new provider in a years time do the same. The old addage of if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is too good to be true, comes to mind!

How long before Google and Microsoft do the same with storage and email.

As per Chopper 22.
It's so long since I used the account though I might have a bit of difficulty re-acquainting myself with their site (and login!)