OT: Alternatives to Photobucket

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

Ive used Photobucket for years, but with ads and a {censored} iOS app, I was wondering if anybody knew of a goof pic host with a good iOS app to hook in so I can upload iPhone pics

TIA

[axegrinder]

I know jack squat about technology, but it sounds like something "iCloud" should offer.

[sleewell]

DO NOT use webshots, that site sucks worse than this one

[hardtdc]

I've used Photobucket for years and always liked it. Just upgraded to a new iPhone the other day and downloaded the Photobucket app for it and it won't work for {censored}. It's horrible for iPhones.

[Ancient Mariner]

The iPhone aspect doesn't bother me, but photobucket doesn't seem as good as it once was. I have friends who recommend smugmug, but there's no free option. 500px limits the number of images that can be uploaded over a given time if you're a 'free' user.

[gergbee]

I still use Photobucket but this article seems to suggest Minus http://www.tested.com/tech/photograp...ites-compared/

[Canadian Jeff]

I've been using imageshack for years.

[Floyd Rosenbomb]

I use Flickr and quite like it.

[Mesa/Kramer]

 

Originally Posted by Floyd Rosenbomb

I use Flickr and quite like it.

 

+1

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

I now have both a Flickr and imageshack account and a pox upon the House of Photobucket

[twotimingpete]

Me and other people in software development use Dropbox religiously. I've been using it for two years. It has replaced the need of things like FTP or other sites. I just use it for almost everything I do.

How it works is it shows up on your computer as a folder, similar to other ordinary folders. Only this one is "clouded" and things you put into it are now online. And things put into the public folder within it can be right clicked to copy links that anyone can paste into their browsers. You can also open files and save them to/from your dropbox folders. If you want you can even share dropbox folders with other dropbox users and have one persistent, mutual folder that everyone linked to shares in real time. It's awesome.

..of course, if all you want to do is post images online, it's quick and easy for that. Just drop the image into your public dropbox folder, then right click it and copy the URL that goes to it.

This is my referral link. I use this program and always hounding for more space. If anyone signs up using my link, we both get bonus storage space.

http://db.tt/WHbQ7P7

(this is NOT bs, I use dropbox religiously, it's all I need, the only incentive I have for posting this link is I get more storage space in my own dropbox)

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

I work in IT systems development and support and as an institution we do not allow the installation of Dropbox on any Active Directory machines.

Why?

1. Security - This year alone 3 researchers have lost signidfican amounts of data using Dropbox
2. IP (Intellectual Property) - Look in Dropbox's T&C and you'll see they own any materials stored on their server
3. Server locations - Dropbox do not provide full disclosure on where they store your data

And finally, it eats up {censored}ing local profile space on Windows AD machines.

It has it's uses, but I wouldn't use it for anything, important , confidential or valuable

Originally Posted by twotimingpete

Me and other people in software development use Dropbox religiously. I've been using it for two years. It has replaced the need of things like FTP or other sites. I just use it for almost everything I do.

How it works is it shows up on your computer as a folder, similar to other ordinary folders. Only this one is "clouded" and things you put into it are now online. And things put into the public folder within it can be right clicked to copy links that anyone can paste into their browsers. You can also open files and save them to/from your dropbox folders. It's awesome.

This is my referral link. I use this program and always hounding for more space. If anyone signs up using my link, we both get bonus storage space.

http://db.tt/WHbQ7P7

(this is NOT bs, I use dropbox religiously, it's all I need, the only incentive I have for posting this link is I get more storage space in my dropbox)

[twotimingpete]

you wouldn't want to lose something valuable like an iphone picture.

and saying they have rights to any intellectual property you store in their folders is really heavily interpretting the T&C, I read over them and didn't see anything scary.

in fact, this is from their TOS:

"By using our Services you provide us with information, files, and folders that you submit to Dropbox (together,

[Ratae Corieltauvorum]

Originally Posted by twotimingpete

I don't think what you say is very fair

Is it about fairness?

I don't think so, a colleague of mine in a similar post in an institute like ours in the Midlands of the UK, has just taken the brunt of responsibility for compromised personal data:

Result: