Old images go to old posts and threads that are rarely viewed, so the “reasonable” fee is still a waste.
They are still there and they are viewed by anyone looking at old posts. I have fanfiction I've written going back eleven years. In some of them, I included images.
I went back to a forum where I often wrote and I can see every Photobucket image, even ones belonging to a person who has been dead six years. Either Photobucket reactivated everyone's account for no reason or, as a paid customer, I can see everybody's Photobucket image.
But this from someone who is drifting from a smartphone to a flip-phone.
When I lived in Dallas, the capability of texting was handy. Now that I no longer text, I miss having a phone with tactile buttons.
Jeanette Isabelle