I have been using imageshack for uploading screenshots for my AAR in the past. Coming back after several months of slack, I find that imageshack seems to have removed the possibility to get direct links to uploaded pictures. It is indicated on their homepage that getting a premium account will get that feature back. The direct links for pictures uploaded in the past still work, but new uploads are not viable for AAR storytelling anymore. At least not with a free account. Personally, I am a bit pissed off by what is happening here. I do not mind companies asking for money when offering a service, that is only fair. However, I am not very much a friend of companies "trapping" potential customers with a free service and then suddenly changing it.
My question is whether other AAR writers have experienced the same or similar problems, and how they dealt with it.