I didnโt use the service very much, but I did when I needed to, and had quite a few photos stored over there when I needed an address to link to. Yesterday, I spotted this down the right-hand side of my screen, where a totally different image should have appeared:
I checked the address out, as they instructed, and found that the only way images from Photobucket can now be shared on blogs or other sites is by paying $400.00 per year on the above price plan only. In their gumpf (slang for random content or text), they said they were notifying users to let them know they needed to upgrade. This is how they notified everyone โ by changing the image. The reasons for the change are financial. The site was supported by (what seemed like) a million adverts which now isnโt enough to support the site. They say they own hold a gazillion images nowโฆ but need to make this change to continue to do so. I wish them well,
But.
Iโm not paying to hold my images there. I havenโt got two haโpennies to rub together. I can do the same with my images uploaded to WordPress, as I could with the above site, so that is the way forward.
Iโve upgraded by deleting my account.
This is my rather grumpy-sounding post for Six Word Saturday. Visit Debbieโs site for more (possibly less grumpy) six word posts.
And now a happy image to end with, โThe Dance of the Light Masterโโฆ movement and stillness still spreading light.
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