Wow. Photobucket just unceremoniously ended hotlinking for anyone who doesn't cough up $400 a year. Billions of images all across the web just became advertisements for Photobucket. This is unbelievable.
My login/password still work for now, so if you have an account and remember your credentials, I recommend backing up anything now. Who knows what'll happen next.
Everyone should also adblock Photobucket, especially if you frequent old forums, or you'll be seeing lots of these ads from now on.
@matt I knew they'd done this since a couple of days ago but I didn't realize the plan they required you to be on was their highest tier, jfc