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Photobucket is no longer allowing hotlinking to images on Photobucket unless you upgrade to a pricey account.
Your images are still there, you can download them, you just can't link to images hosted on Photobucket without paying the hefty $400.00 fee.
While I'm sympathetic to the annoyance value of breaking a twenty year old practice with short notice, and I agree that Photobucket appears to be developing a sideline of extortion, your best option is to move on.
This thread isn't the place to complain about Photobucket
It sucks, it's done, and it's likely the death knell for Photobucket.
This is a place to post your impressions and suggestions for alternatives. I'll update this post with options. Note that copyright restrictions (don't post /upload images you don't have the rights for) and illegal uploading (porn, malware etc.) restrictions apply.
Be wary that other services may have updates to their TOS in response.
Make sure that you read their TOS and that they allow hotlinking.
Note that some services will allow it, but will also remove your account access with little or no notice.
You can link to images you host on your own Website or blog. Or you might find one of these image hosting alternatives work for you.
As I have time, I'll test them on AW.
Image Hosting Alternatives
Imgur
Imgur.com
TOS.
Flickr
Flickr.com
Verizon bought Flickr when they bought Yahoo. I have no idea what will happen.
Guidelines
Google Photos
Google Photos
I have no idea on this one; I don't use it currently because of some of their TOS and privacy provisions.
I haven't yet tested DropBox or GoogleDrive post the Photobucket change.
Your images are still there, you can download them, you just can't link to images hosted on Photobucket without paying the hefty $400.00 fee.
While I'm sympathetic to the annoyance value of breaking a twenty year old practice with short notice, and I agree that Photobucket appears to be developing a sideline of extortion, your best option is to move on.
This thread isn't the place to complain about Photobucket
It sucks, it's done, and it's likely the death knell for Photobucket.
This is a place to post your impressions and suggestions for alternatives. I'll update this post with options. Note that copyright restrictions (don't post /upload images you don't have the rights for) and illegal uploading (porn, malware etc.) restrictions apply.
Be wary that other services may have updates to their TOS in response.
Make sure that you read their TOS and that they allow hotlinking.
Note that some services will allow it, but will also remove your account access with little or no notice.
You can link to images you host on your own Website or blog. Or you might find one of these image hosting alternatives work for you.
As I have time, I'll test them on AW.
Image Hosting Alternatives
Imgur
Imgur.com
TOS.
Flickr
Flickr.com
Verizon bought Flickr when they bought Yahoo. I have no idea what will happen.
Guidelines
Google Photos
Google Photos
I have no idea on this one; I don't use it currently because of some of their TOS and privacy provisions.
I haven't yet tested DropBox or GoogleDrive post the Photobucket change.
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