And now probably the most hated company on internet.ShaunW wrote:I'm still hopping mad about the way we have been treat by PB but that's business I'm afraid - sucker the punters in with "free" hosting and then when there's enough of them deeply tied up to the facility, hold them to ransom and charge 400 bucks as a release fee
I also fear that it's only a matter of time before other image hosting sites follow suit - I not opposed to the question paying per se (depends how much, of course) and might have even considered paying PB had they gone about this differently and charged less - personally I think $400 is a bit steep.
And yes, potentially this issue will cause serious havoc with photos on the forum as I think PB is by far and away the most popular image host used on here.
Thankfully I dropped PB last year as their site so so slow it was unusable. But I think you're right - most places will end up charging. And that in it'self is fair enough - but $400 is extortion.
Personally I think I'll end up just using my wordpress site to host (and paying for that) - We'll see.