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Focus on the pro market might be what is required to bring the service in discussion. Community of pro-photographers that uses the service to showcase their por

Focus on the pro market might be what is required to bring the service in discussion. Community of pro-photographers that uses the service to showcase their portfolio might be what they are going after. If 97% of free accounts have less than 1000 photos as they claim [1], it might be a good cutoff to set. Just wonder on two fronts, will they continue to sell ads? And will it continue to remain a Yahoo property (given they would not need a Yahoo id to login). [1]: https://blog.flickr.net/en/2018/11/01/changing-flickr-free-accounts-1000-photos/ https://blog.flickr.net/en/2018/11/01/changing-flickr-free-a...

KineticLensman 8y ago
> will it continue to remain a Yahoo property No, and it isn't now. Flickr was recently acquired by SmugMug - a paid-for gallery hosting site [0]. It's SmugMug that is driving this change, not Oath / Yahoo. [0] https://www.smugmug.com/ https://www.smugmug.com/
- wowamit 8y ago
  Ah. I had completely forgotten that Flickr was acquired by SmugMug and had been their property - makes much more sense. Of course, I doubt if Yahoo can run anything any longer. That brand has faced such a horrible downfall - it was a shining example of the power of Web.
  - iscrewyou 8y ago
    You mean if Verizon can run anything any longer. Verizon would probably nuke Flickr if they still had it.
fma 8y ago
I use their mobile app which had a sync process to automatically upload photos. I've used this feature for years and I'm sure I have more than 1000 photos. The sync stashes mobile photos in a separate non-public album. I'm disappointed that they will start deleting old photos. I can't imagine only 3% of their free user base uses their mobile app.
- wowamit 8y ago
  I think may be only 3% people used the sync process? I did use the app but had turned off the auto-sync of photos. I think may be they want to curtail this exact use-case of their service -- as a photo archive.

KineticLensman 8y ago

> will it continue to remain a Yahoo property No, and it isn't now. Flickr was recently acquired by SmugMug - a paid-for gallery hosting site [0]. It's SmugMug that is driving this change, not Oath / Yahoo. [0] https://www.smugmug.com/ https://www.smugmug.com/

wowamit 8y ago
Ah. I had completely forgotten that Flickr was acquired by SmugMug and had been their property - makes much more sense. Of course, I doubt if Yahoo can run anything any longer. That brand has faced such a horrible downfall - it was a shining example of the power of Web.
- iscrewyou 8y ago
  You mean if Verizon can run anything any longer. Verizon would probably nuke Flickr if they still had it.

fma 8y ago

I use their mobile app which had a sync process to automatically upload photos. I've used this feature for years and I'm sure I have more than 1000 photos. The sync stashes mobile photos in a separate non-public album. I'm disappointed that they will start deleting old photos. I can't imagine only 3% of their free user base uses their mobile app.

wowamit 8y ago
I think may be only 3% people used the sync process? I did use the app but had turned off the auto-sync of photos. I think may be they want to curtail this exact use-case of their service -- as a photo archive.