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Re: Photos

The previous posts on the same thread discuss what Photobucket did. Bilder&Foto picr.de is free of charge and very easy to use.

Photobucket demanded tribute from me a few months back and I followed Waidmannsheil's advice (picr.de).

Nitrox was able to restore some of the Photobucket images and my avatar, but it was a lot of work.