> 4. Customer found that the account was apparently unused and empty
replyEmpty does not equate to unused. This was their old account that they definitely used.
He said in the article that he guessed maybe he used a different account.
replyThis is a lot more believable (esp since he said it) than a conspiracy that PB deleted all photos and built this whole system just to steal $5 a pop -- especially considering how few people must be trying to get back into their 2-decade-old PB accounts in 2026. Hardly seems worth the effort for a scam.
Yes. I don't think I'd uploaded anything on that specific account that I recovered.
replyThey were underage when they made the account. That's a whole different and big fucking deal. Means any TOS and contracts and shit are basically null and void.
reply? What's your point here?
replyAnd almost everyone born after 1980 created their first online accounts while they were a minor, including I'm assuming 70% of Photobucket users.