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    Photobucket Is Holding Your Photos For "Ransom"

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    Quote Originally Posted by victoryword View Post
    And we will elevate you more with a free ride in our new elevator for an extra $200.00 donation.
    Your and Fuego's smileys from photobucket show as a box containing the text "please update your account to enable 3rd party hosting"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    Your and Fuego's smileys from photobucket show as a box containing the text "please update your account to enable 3rd party hosting"
    I see the same message!

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    Quote Originally Posted by curly sue View Post
    I see the same message!
    So do I.
    When your praise match your prayers, the answer will come.
    https://www.facebook.com/Valiant-Wom...1103844642026/

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    They're trying to get me to pay because I use the links from photobucket to post pics. So tell me, why do they provide the direct link if they don't want you using it? I won't be paying though.

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    I found out what is happening is that even when I use the code from this forum such as : D (had to put a space in there) photobucket still posts that thing. Weird. Not sure how it's doing that. I'll do the grin without the space in it below.



    Somebody explain that one to me.

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    Photobucket Is Holding People's Photos For "Ransom"
    The company is now charging a $400 fee to hot-link images — which will break photos on tons of old websites and blogs.

    Posted on July 7, 2017, at 5:00 a.m.
    https://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopo...MV#.nyNKpdG3kA
    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
    (Ephesians 4:17-18)

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
    (Psalm 1)

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    Photobucket's 'ransom demand' is a masterclass in how not to treat your users
    By Abhimanyu Ghoshal
    https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/07/...at-your-users/

    Image hosting site Photobucket is facing plenty of backlash on social media and its support channels as it recently made a massive change to its terms of service that affected loads of users in the worst way possible.

    Near the end of June, the Denver, Colorado-based company introduced a fee for serving images displayed on other sites – like an Amazon, eBay or Etsy product listing, or even pictures in forum post and on blogs. That came as a rude shock to many of Photobucket's 100 million customers, who found a notification in place of their images on on other sites...
    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
    (Ephesians 4:17-18)

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
    (Psalm 1)

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    Free service is unsustainable in an age of online ad blockers, Photobucket CEO says
    Jul 7, 2017, 7:36am MDT
    https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/n...of-online.html

    The rise of ad blockers and other trends in online advertising prompted Denver-based Photobucket to risk angering many of its 100 million users and start charging people to host billions of images used around the internet.

    The 14-year-old company, which became popular as a way to share images on early social network MySpace.com, stopped offering free image hosting in late June, switching to charging subscriptions rather than relying on ad revenue....
    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
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    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
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    The weird thing if you see my post above GIMJ is that even if I use our site's codes, like the grin, it shows up when I type it manually. How has photoshop highjacked that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GodismyJudge View Post
    Photobucket’s ‘ransom demand’ is a masterclass in how not to treat your users
    By Abhimanyu Ghoshal
    https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/07/...at-your-users/

    Image hosting site Photobucket is facing plenty of backlash on social media and its support channels as it recently made a massive change to its terms of service that affected loads of users in the worst way possible.

    Near the end of June, the Denver, Colorado-based company introduced a fee for serving images displayed on other sites – like an Amazon, eBay or Etsy product listing, or even pictures in forum post and on blogs. That came as a rude shock to many of Photobucket’s 100 million customers, who found a notification in place of their images on on other sites...
    In case you’ve been affected by Photobucket’s change in its terms of service, we’d love to hear from you. And if you’re looking for an alternative, Imgur might be a good way to go. It offers unlimited storage, allows hotlinking (except for porn and illegal content), and made its Pro features available to all users for free back in 2015.

    http://imgur.com

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