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Originally Posted by abig84
you think they would start really cheap, if it was $1 a month then i would and a lot of people would probably do it. but 40 bucks is insane when there are other free sites out there. even if you have a build thread, worse case scenario is you re-download the pics and just have to edit your thread by posting in the new links, will probably take hours but isnt the end of the world
i actually just used photobucket like a few minutes ago posting in another thread, that site is loaded down with so many ads now its almost unusable, had to click off 5 pop up ads which you have to wait for a while just to get them to come up just to upload a picture.
at work i cant even use it due to it detected ad-block and says i have to disable it.
so i was actually going to make a thread on this site or another asking whats another good easy photo sharing site to use for forums?
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they advertised "ad-free" for 2.99/mo (then 5.99/mo) as recently as january, sounds like nobody signed up then either.
this is a SHORT TERM CASH GRAB. they know that their bandwidth will be minuscule after this change while ad revenue is higher than ever, leading to a large cash position to leverage a sale or outright closure. the $40/mo suckers will be just that, suckers, my money says they will attempt to be a picasa (dead) replacement or alternative to google photos with storage and print ordering ONLY.
CG: only recently has forum hosting been upgraded to work well on mobile devices, which is where most users work from now. photobucket had a an app that uploaded right from your camera roll. if you think about it, you have seen a lot of people complain about the clumsiness of the forum image interface both here and the hamb. its better now, but it wasnt always. not to mention that photobucket offered free hosting from around 2003, lots of entrenched users.