tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-01-03:1372916 The difference can mean everything serai 2017-07-11T04:43:22Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2012-01-03:1372916:904823 2017-07-11T04:43:22Z 2017-07-11T04:43:22Z public 2 .<br />Photobucket has decided, out of the blue, to hold all their users' photos for ransom. They're now demanding <i>$400 a year</i> for third-party hosting rights, i.e., the ability to post a link to a photo on their site and have the picture itself show up, not just a link. This for literally <i>billions</i> of photos. With no warning whatsoever. What is it with companies just shitting on users' heads like this out of nowhere?<br /><br />So now I have to go through my accounts and make sure I have copies of everything so I can host the pics elsewhere. Christ, what a pain in the ass. I wonder if this is going to be business as usual from now on - offer a free service, get everyone hooked on it for years, then hit them with exorbitant fees without warning, in hopes they'll bite. Nice.<br /><br />.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=serai&ditemid=904823" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments