Photo bucket is no longer free hosting of pictures.

[hornet]

I got this email today, no more free hosting of embedded pictures..

WE NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN USING
PHOTOBUCKET FOR 3RD PARTY HOSTING*

PLEASE UPGRADE TO A PLUS 500 PLAN

*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 is the global destination for linking and 3rd party hosting. In Photobucket’s 14-year history, the Company amassed over 100 million registered users, over 15 billion images stored, 2 million daily uploads and 10 billion photos accessed monthly.
Easy to Use – Upload a photo from any device and copy the embed code with one click to host a photo with no development or technical knowledge required
Competitive, fixed pricing Offers the only unlimited 3rd party hosting plan (Commercial and Personal Use)
Are my pictures still safe?
Yes! All your photos are still available by logging into your Photobucket Account. Photobucket has only restricted the ability to view your photos on 3rd party sites.
Can I download my Photos?
Absolutely, at any time. It is an easy four step process:
Step 1. Login to your Photobucket Account
Step 2. Navigate to your library page
Step 3. View a photo and click the download button
Step 4. The picture will be saved to your computer

[4liters]

Use imgur instead

[hornet]

Use imgur instead

Thx liters I was going to ask next what other free hosting sites are out there, do you find imgur to be good ? like fastish to use ? photobucket was painfully slow.

[4liters]

Use imgur instead

Thx liters I was going to ask next what other free hosting sites are out there, do you find imgur to be good ? like fastish to use ? photobucket was painfully slow.

I don't have an account so I don't know if that makes the process different but I just drag and drop images from my folder onto the http://imgur.com/ homepage and it uploads them automatically. It's easily fast enough for what I do although all I resize my images before uploading so they can be viewed properly on the forums - If you're uploading massive pictures it might take some time.

[Fish-Hunter]

I use Flickr

[Kimtown]

Tinypic where it's at