business model has caused thousands of forum DIY's and write-ups with explanatory pictures to be rendered useless. About 500 words into the linked document was a declaration that free accounts would no longer permit image-linking to third-party sites. eBay and Etsy have also been affected, in addition to many forums and blogs. Thousands of images promoting goods sold on Amazon and other shopping sites had been removed after the photo-sharing service changed its terms, causing a great deal of controversy. On May 17, 2018, Photobucket restored all of their 3rd party hosted images and introduced new plans, including US$24.99/year that included 3rd party hosted images. In 2019, they introduced two plans that include 3rd party hosted images, US$29.99/year with 2 GB or US$69.99/year with 20 GB. Effective June 1, 2019, free Photobucket and the "beginner" paid plan accounts were restricted to a hosting bandwidth of 25 MB per month. Free accounts who use more than 25 MB of bandwidth will have all of their hosted photos watermarked and blurred. Ratings and reviews On September 13, 2017, Denver Better Business Bureau gave the company an "F" rating, the worst they issue, citing fifteen complaints related to the change in terms and no response from the company. Twitter partnership In 2011, Twitter announced that Photobucket would be the default photo sharing platform for Twitter. At that time, according to a report by Sysomos, 2.25M images were shared on Twitter daily, which accounted for 1.25% of all Tweets posted. Features Accounts Photobucket offers subscription based accounts. The following describes Photobucket subscription pricing as of January 6, 2023: Free 7-day trial, Unlimited 25 GB Lite account US $5.99/mo or $64.69/yr 250 GB Plus account (+Hosting) US $7.99/mo or $86.29/yr Unlimited account (+Unlimited Hosting) US $12.99/mo or $140.29/yr Videos Photobucket supports video uploads of 500 MB or less, and 10 minutes or less. The following video file types are supported: 3g2, 3gp, 3gp2, 3gpp, avi, divx, flv, gif, mov, mp4, mpeg4, mpg4, mpeg, mpg, m4v, and wmv. All video files are converted to mp4 format after uploading. Sharing The service allows sharing of photos, videos, and albums by email, instant messaging, mobile phone, and social media. Photobucket stories On November 15, 2012, Photobucket announced the availability of "Photobucket Stories" which provides users with an easy new way to combine photos, videos, and text into complete, sharable narratives. Photobucket Stories allows users to easily create and