Years ago I used photobucket for free and was happy with it but now it has become a pay to use site. I did not get along with Imgur and was wondering if it's worth it to pay for and use photobucket. Fatrascal.
I wouldn’t do business with them based solely on the crap they’ve pulled on the forums. They’ve killed off a decade worth of useful information people have shared.
Not to me..I also went with Imgur when PB held everyone's images hostage.
And in full disclosure I do have a couple of PB framed pics on the wall that I ordered and paid from PB. But overall what they did was horrible and many of us moved on. Consequences....
If you're going to pay, I'd suggest SmugMug, unlimited storage and traffic.
You can upload and access photos at original resolutions, share at smaller, medium, large, original. All sorts of privacy / security settings. Really a pretty full featured site that caters to a lot of professional photographers.