Photobucket changed from a free service where you get buried in layers of advertisements, to demanding $400 a year to host pictures. I have several hundred pictures stored there that I can not access unless I pay them their ransom demand.
Unless they warned you about the new price policy in advance, or unless there is something in the fine print of the user agreement you ok'd before starting to use Photobucket (which is more likely, and who reads that whole dang thing anyway?), then it sounds sorta like extortion. Class Action lawsuit?
I get a website with my own domain name and something like 5gb of space for something like $160 a year. Fast, no ads, can post anything.