Photobucket now wants $399 a year for third party hosting

[eaglefreek]

I saw this on another site. Photobucket is breaking image links and demanding users to pay $399 for third party hosting. I've checked a couple of my old threads and so far so good for me. However, I did notice Rollguy's signature has his pics blocked by Photobucket. I'm downloading all the pics I have on Photobucket in case they lock me out. I have pics all over the net and it would be next to impossible to fix the threads I have linked pics from  Photobucket.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/354711/photobucket-breaks-image-links-across-the-internet

[mudkicker715]

Just for the record. At the den you do not need a third party service. Just hit attachments and other options button and choose your photo. That button is right below the box you type your message in.

[vangremlin]

Thanks for the heads up!

[Prafeston]

Wow, I have like 400 photos hosted on Photobucket. I hope they don't do this to me!

[vangremlin]

Found this article in today's Denver Post about Photobucket and their new policy plus all the backlash they've taken:

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/16/photobucket-fee-hike/

[bradd04]

Flickr and imgur can be a good alternative to Photobucket.