Every member of any forum on the net knows about the Photobucket money grab, and what those dead links seen in posts mean. It's a constant reminder to folks, "Don't ever use Photobucket" because this is what you'll get when they grab for your wallet (and they most likely will, again).
Protesting does not work. Boycotting a company until they comply with the demands of their customers has proven its self to work.
It is as I said in the opening post: "Asking customers to pay for a service is reasonable; the price they're asking is not."
Jeanette Isabelle