So. Photobucket finally (sorta kinda not really) said why they're forcing everyone to pay $400+ or gtfo. They say adblockers are making it tough for the site to make and money...

@Clitheroe: Imageshack, TinyPic, Photobucket, etc. Most free image hosts have always slowly turned into shit. 404 links, disabling hotlinkings, tons of ads, sometimes not even getting pic you were linked, etc. I hope imgur stays good.

...But guess what? Photobucket used to be adless, and suddenly they added a fuckton of ads, most likely riddled with malware, popups, laggy sound/videos, and so forth.

Did they REALLY not expect anyone to block their ads?