08-10-2017, 10:01 PM
Nice to see you posting Mr. EOU. 
I have to agree. I wouldn’t have a problem with Photobucket if they wanted to change their terms of service going forward. What I find inexcusable and opprobrious and what has created general vitriol towards Pb worldwide is to hold existing historical data created by its users hostage, with the attempted extortion of a huge fee to get the data back. This ruined websites and personal data on other systems which is not that different in execution than infecting systems with criminal ransomware that has recently become so pervasive.
Even if Pb were to reverse their hideous action, I suspect it would be too little too late. I doubt anyone would trust them going forward. It is one thing to be somewhat bothersome, but what they have done is truly offensive and blatantly abusive to its users and the world web community in general. Pb is dead as far as I'm concerned.
Apparently what Pb has done is not technically illegal, but it surely doesn’t pass the smell test.
I have to agree. I wouldn’t have a problem with Photobucket if they wanted to change their terms of service going forward. What I find inexcusable and opprobrious and what has created general vitriol towards Pb worldwide is to hold existing historical data created by its users hostage, with the attempted extortion of a huge fee to get the data back. This ruined websites and personal data on other systems which is not that different in execution than infecting systems with criminal ransomware that has recently become so pervasive.
Even if Pb were to reverse their hideous action, I suspect it would be too little too late. I doubt anyone would trust them going forward. It is one thing to be somewhat bothersome, but what they have done is truly offensive and blatantly abusive to its users and the world web community in general. Pb is dead as far as I'm concerned.
Apparently what Pb has done is not technically illegal, but it surely doesn’t pass the smell test.