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Old 08-31-2016, 09:12 AM
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Ironically I got a feedback email from photobucket today. I told them the problems associated with the ads ruin the website experience and their customers will be leaving as a result. They probably already know that and are hoping folks will pay the fee to make the ads go away rather than leave, sort of forcing us into to paying. That's pretty crappy customer service. It is what it is I guess.
Attract enough people and get them hooked and liking your product/service for free, and then eventually monetize it via ads or paid user subscriptions. It's a pretty standard business model since the advent of the internet economy.
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Old 08-31-2016, 09:29 AM
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Attract enough people and get them hooked and liking your product/service for free, and then eventually monetize it via ads or paid user subscriptions. It's a pretty standard business model since the advent of the internet economy.
That makes business sense, but in this case earning revenue from the companies that post ads which ultimately kill website performance and then charging customers money to alleviate the problem by avoiding the ads that companies pay for, screws everyone.
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Old 08-31-2016, 09:40 AM
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That makes business sense, but in this case earning revenue from the companies that post ads which ultimately kill website performance and then charging customers money to alleviate the problem by avoiding the ads that companies pay for, screws everyone.
Its doesn't make business sense at some point it will fail to exist. Ain't no such thing as free.

Photobucket uploads way faster the drop box.
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Old 08-31-2016, 10:52 AM
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I dunno.. I pay the Photobucket fee, to have more storage.. and still get all the ****ty ads that jack it all up.

I guess you have to get the higher pkg...

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Old 08-31-2016, 10:01 AM
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My wife and I have been using Walgreens online photo storage.

https://www.walgreens.com/login.jsp

Unlimited photo and albums. Can save, sort etc. as Ben described. Easy enough to use and fits what we need. Never tried posting a direct photo link though.

Oldest son's first truck:
http://photo2.walgreens.com/walgreen...AME=walgreens/

Seems to work?

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