I'm just gonna post it here as I think this is a big issue, assuming people who posted pictures haven't done something about it yet, but I received an email from photobucket a few weeks ago about their new subscription plan. I haven't acted on this email until today, where it mentions that the new pricing will take effect tomorrow, June 1, 2019. Basically, it's paying more to get the same service. They've reduced the free plan to just 25MB/month.
Now, I'm not sure what will happen when your photos exceed 25MB, but I'd expect the worse. We could see a lot of pictures in SC4D and even Simtropolis just not work as I do recall photobucket was the go to place to store your photos and just putting the image link of the photo to SC4D. I'd imagine a lot of old photos just not work. And as SC4 has seen better days, I don't think a lot of people will notice. But it would be a shame if most of the pictures at the Show us your... boards would cease to function.
That said, the new pricing for 25GB/month is 4.99. If that's not a big issue, then I guess paying for a monthly small sum would be alright. Though, I'd imagine it as an unnecessary expense.