Hmm, two seemingly conflicting experiences.
Pat: I dont use it that often either, like you just to check the albums and keep the account open. I do get the impression though that they want you to buy stuff from them now in order to use their photo storage.
Ken: I also use photobucket, particularly when i need to direct post a picture on A4all, which i cant do on HP. Its just nice to have a choice of sites available for photo storage.