Meet the new boss....same as the old boss.
Current active photo sharing sites:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photo-sharing_websites#Active_photo-sharing_websites
There's no easy answer, technology is ever changing, and 'free' photo hosting is rarely free forever. Having said that, from a bandwidth standpoint hosting photos here would be
INSANELY, CRIPPLINGLY expensive, and one thing I've learned doing this site for nearly fifteen years is that it's fairly difficult to get pilots to spend money on anything that isn't for their airplane <g>.
Keep backups and consider hosting your own pictures on your own domain (as others have suggested) if you don't want to use one of the 'free' sites. At the very least, keep a URL to your current photo albums online in your autosignature, so if the photo location ever changes a quick edit to your autosignature will give us a place to look).
Google did say in their announcement:
"...we will take some time in order to do this right and provide you with options and easy ways to access your content." ".... we will be creating a new place for you to access your Picasa Web Albums data. That way, you will still be able to view, download, or delete your Picasa Web Albums..."
Some picture links in threads might break, and that stinks, but it's the way of the interweb at this demographic's price point. I'm on my fifth 'free' email address and third hosting solution since 1995. I have a web server OS upgrade/migration staring me down right now that will cost me more than a RV-12 fuselage kit. I don't want to do it, but it's being forced on me because...you know...technology. Welcome to my world <g>.
Sorry there is no easy or painless answer. I.T. is a moving target and only steady occasionally. Doing it this way spreads the risk around.
PLEASE don't ask me to be responsible for everybody's pictures in addition to everything else!!! I much prefer you to be responsible for your own pictures.
I don't want to be responsible for the pictures of 20,000 RV builders!!!
As a parallel regarding online build log sites.....if you think that data is there forever, I would beg you to get a backup every so often just in case.
v/r,
dr
PS:
Photo album link in my autosignature. Maybe it will change...maybe not.
PSS:
I give some final thoughts, before closing out the thread
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