Originally Posted by
BigChief
No, it is a lack of business sense to rely on customers to allow reoccurring billing against their credit cards to fund something with as little value as an image hosting service. Too many customers have had bad experiences with this method of payment. If attaching banners to linked images or per item billing won't pay the bills, You're in the wrong business.
Most likely, this was a hail-Mary move to avoid going out of business altogether. All the photos they hosted would probably have been lost anyway, patrons are going to be mad as hell no matter what... why not try something extreme?