Photobucket.... The last straw ????

propbeanie · 07-21-17, 01:30 PM

I'm doing Imgur right now, but don't like them much better, though I'm not bombarded with advertisements too much...

Photobucket has been deteriorating for probably the last 10 years, acting more and more like AOL, and then went beyond that...

Edit: I just tried to download my Albums: FAIL
I just tried to delete my Albums: FAIL
I just tried to delete individual files: Partial FAIL - It's way too much effort to have to click on the individual files, only to be interrupted 15 times each one, but a pop-up... Then, 1/2 of the Captcha photos fail to take... "There's seems to be a problem. Something didn't take. Try again..." I'm done. They can keep my 2+gig of screen grabs on their dad-blamed servers, eating up space...

AVGWarhawk · 07-21-17, 02:31 PM

I'm not sure why some are drawn out on the carpet by Photobucket to pay. Some of my friends have been nailed. I sign in using FB. 21% full with photo yet I'm offered $2.49/month to go ad free. I can still upload and see my pictures. Thus far they have left me alone.

Cybermat47 · 07-21-17, 04:01 PM

I recommend using imgur.

propbeanie · 07-21-17, 04:06 PM

They have left me alone also, for the most part (some of my images are "blanked", but most are not), but the site is now, for all practical purposes, completely unusable. I cannot do a thing with a picture after uploading (if I can even get the upload dialog going), except to look at it. I cannot get a link to use for a picture anymore. I also cannot access the account from anything other than MS IE, and I get all sorts of dialogs and pop-ups about saving, downloading or running various files and JavaScripts that I did not start, click-on, or hover over... If I could at least get a usable bbCode link within a 24 hour period of time, I might try to use it, but it will no longer do that for me. Dead End. I will not pay for a service that does not work, and this includes MS Windows now.

Buddahaid · 07-21-17, 07:13 PM

I've so far been untouched and there is nothing in my account status to indicate upcoming 3rd party issues, but I expect that to change.

I pretty much stopped using them for the same reasons listed above. The click to get the image code doesn't work anymore but I can work around that by clicking on the image, and then right clicking on it to copy the image address, which I paste between the [img] and [/img] commands I type in. Like I did below.

Part of my problem with them is I have java script disabled and use an ad blocker as well. I used the ad blocker because even though I was paying them $30.00 a year to not have ads, I still had ads that made the site very, very slow to load.

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07-21-17, 01:30 PM	#1
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	I'm doing Imgur right now, but don't like them much better, though I'm not bombarded with advertisements too much... Photobucket has been deteriorating for probably the last 10 years, acting more and more like AOL, and then went beyond that... Edit: I just tried to download my Albums: FAIL I just tried to delete my Albums: FAIL I just tried to delete individual files: Partial FAIL - It's way too much effort to have to click on the individual files, only to be interrupted 15 times each one, but a pop-up... Then, 1/2 of the Captcha photos fail to take... "There's seems to be a problem. Something didn't take. Try again..." I'm done. They can keep my 2+gig of screen grabs on their dad-blamed servers, eating up space... __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna Last edited by propbeanie; 07-21-17 at 01:56 PM. Reason: wow!

07-21-17, 02:31 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,265 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure why some are drawn out on the carpet by Photobucket to pay. Some of my friends have been nailed. I sign in using FB. 21% full with photo yet I'm offered $2.49/month to go ad free. I can still upload and see my pictures. Thus far they have left me alone. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

07-21-17, 04:01 PM	#3
Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	I recommend using imgur. __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

07-21-17, 04:06 PM	#4
propbeanie CTD - it's not just a job Join Date: May 2016 Location: One hour from Music City USA! Posts: 10,098 Downloads: 451 Uploads: 2	They have left me alone also, for the most part (some of my images are "blanked", but most are not), but the site is now, for all practical purposes, completely unusable. I cannot do a thing with a picture after uploading (if I can even get the upload dialog going), except to look at it. I cannot get a link to use for a picture anymore. I also cannot access the account from anything other than MS IE, and I get all sorts of dialogs and pop-ups about saving, downloading or running various files and JavaScripts that I did not start, click-on, or hover over... If I could at least get a usable bbCode link within a 24 hour period of time, I might try to use it, but it will no longer do that for me. Dead End. I will not pay for a service that does not work, and this includes MS Windows now. __________________ "...and bollocks to the naysayers" - Jimbuna

07-21-17, 07:13 PM	#5
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,324 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I've so far been untouched and there is nothing in my account status to indicate upcoming 3rd party issues, but I expect that to change. I pretty much stopped using them for the same reasons listed above. The click to get the image code doesn't work anymore but I can work around that by clicking on the image, and then right clicking on it to copy the image address, which I paste between the [img] and [/img] commands I type in. Like I did below. Part of my problem with them is I have java script disabled and use an ad blocker as well. I used the ad blocker because even though I was paying them $30.00 a year to not have ads, I still had ads that made the site very, very slow to load. This message is brought to you by MS Windows 10. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie