I just received the following email from Photobucket:
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From: Photobucket <special@special.pbdeals.com> [Add to Address Book]
To: russ.chung@earthlink.net
Subject: Some features on your account have been disabled.
Date: Jun 29, 2017 9:18 PM
photobucket
WE NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN USING
PHOTOBUCKET FOR 3RD PARTY HOSTING*
TO RESTORE YOUR 3RD PARTY HOSTED IMAGES,
PLEASE UPGRADE TO A PLUS 500 PLAN.
Our Terms of Service does not allow 3rd party hosting with your current account level.
UPGRADE NOW
*What is 3rd Party Hosting?
Photobucket defines 3rd party hosting as the action of embedding an image or photo onto another website. For example, using the <img> tag to embed or display a JPEG image from your Photobucket account on another website such as a forum, Etsy, eBay auction listings, a blog, etc. is definitively 3rd party hosting.
Why Photobucket?
Photobucket continues to have the distinct pleasure of hosting 15 billion photos from 100 million unique users since inception 14 years ago.
The subscriptions we offer are price competitive & we offer unlimited 3rd party hosting, no matter how popular your image is on your forum, blog or online store.
Additionally, we offer our users the opportunity to promote their business or products with the rest of the Photobucket community.
photobucket | for the love of photos.
To manage your notification settings, click here.
If you no longer wish to receive emails from Photobucket, simply unsubscribe.
Photobucket respects your privacy. For our complete privacy policy, please click here
Ⓒ 2017 Photobucket.com
All rights reserved. PO Box 13003, Denver, CO 80201
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As a result of the change in the terms, none of the Photobucket hosted photos in my trip reports show up unless I upgrade to a plan that costs $399.99/year. Instead, we see the following message:
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From: Photobucket <special@special.pbdeals.com> [Add to Address Book]
To: russ.chung@earthlink.net
Subject: Some features on your account have been disabled.
Date: Jun 29, 2017 9:18 PM
photobucket
WE NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN USING
PHOTOBUCKET FOR 3RD PARTY HOSTING*
TO RESTORE YOUR 3RD PARTY HOSTED IMAGES,
PLEASE UPGRADE TO A PLUS 500 PLAN.
Our Terms of Service does not allow 3rd party hosting with your current account level.
UPGRADE NOW
*What is 3rd Party Hosting?
Photobucket defines 3rd party hosting as the action of embedding an image or photo onto another website. For example, using the <img> tag to embed or display a JPEG image from your Photobucket account on another website such as a forum, Etsy, eBay auction listings, a blog, etc. is definitively 3rd party hosting.
Why Photobucket?
Photobucket continues to have the distinct pleasure of hosting 15 billion photos from 100 million unique users since inception 14 years ago.
The subscriptions we offer are price competitive & we offer unlimited 3rd party hosting, no matter how popular your image is on your forum, blog or online store.
Additionally, we offer our users the opportunity to promote their business or products with the rest of the Photobucket community.
photobucket | for the love of photos.
To manage your notification settings, click here.
If you no longer wish to receive emails from Photobucket, simply unsubscribe.
Photobucket respects your privacy. For our complete privacy policy, please click here
Ⓒ 2017 Photobucket.com
All rights reserved. PO Box 13003, Denver, CO 80201
======================
As a result of the change in the terms, none of the Photobucket hosted photos in my trip reports show up unless I upgrade to a plan that costs $399.99/year. Instead, we see the following message:
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