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> corporate greed Is this greed? Data storage, backups, etc, all cost money. They don't have to allow free accounts at all. That's not greed, it's good busines

> corporate greed Is this greed? Data storage, backups, etc, all cost money. They don't have to allow free accounts at all. That's not greed, it's good business. Do you give away space in your refrigerator to everyone around the world?

Double_a_92 8y ago
It's still a dishonest move to first promise something for free and then taking it away when you don't make profit from it. Especially when that could break lots of links on the internet. I remember when imageshack pulled off the same thing. Instantly half of the images in forums and such were gone forever. Sometimes I still stumble upon old turials with dead pictures. :(
- danso 8y ago
  Flickr is under new ownership -- it was under Yahoo that Flickr made the 1TB promise. It's too bad Smugmug can't go along with it, but if it were a viable offering (i.e. Flickr was profitable), Yahoo might not have had to sell off Flickr in the first place.
fma 8y ago
If I once promised to keep your food in my fridge, I'll keep it there. If it's running out of space I will limit your new food. I won't throw your food away that I once promised to keep! If I sell the fridge to a new owner, of course they can do whatever they want. Throwing away old food that was promised to be kept is the corporate greed part.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
  What if you haven't seen or had any contact from 90% of the owners of said food since it was placed there?
  - ship_it 8y ago
    I wouldn't promise.
  - fma 8y ago
    That's a different scenario. Then they can throw away food for owners that don't use the fridge. But they are throwing away food of active owners.
- notyourday 8y ago
  Actually, we have abandoned property laws.
- oarsinsync 8y ago
  > If I sell the fridge to a new owner, of course they can do whatever they want. This fridge has been sold, and the new owners are doing whatever they want. (Flickr has been sold from Yahoo to Smugmug.)
- pwaivers 8y ago
  This is actually a good example to argue for Flickr. No one would 1) pay to store a fridge, 2) pay for the electricity and 3) protect the contents indefinitely for strangers. It is perfectly reasonable to throw out food after a long span of time.

Double_a_92 8y ago

It's still a dishonest move to first promise something for free and then taking it away when you don't make profit from it. Especially when that could break lots of links on the internet. I remember when imageshack pulled off the same thing. Instantly half of the images in forums and such were gone forever. Sometimes I still stumble upon old turials with dead pictures. :(

danso 8y ago
Flickr is under new ownership -- it was under Yahoo that Flickr made the 1TB promise. It's too bad Smugmug can't go along with it, but if it were a viable offering (i.e. Flickr was profitable), Yahoo might not have had to sell off Flickr in the first place.

fma 8y ago

If I once promised to keep your food in my fridge, I'll keep it there. If it's running out of space I will limit your new food. I won't throw your food away that I once promised to keep! If I sell the fridge to a new owner, of course they can do whatever they want. Throwing away old food that was promised to be kept is the corporate greed part.

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
What if you haven't seen or had any contact from 90% of the owners of said food since it was placed there?
- ship_it 8y ago
  I wouldn't promise.
- fma 8y ago
  That's a different scenario. Then they can throw away food for owners that don't use the fridge. But they are throwing away food of active owners.
notyourday 8y ago
Actually, we have abandoned property laws.
oarsinsync 8y ago
> If I sell the fridge to a new owner, of course they can do whatever they want. This fridge has been sold, and the new owners are doing whatever they want. (Flickr has been sold from Yahoo to Smugmug.)
pwaivers 8y ago
This is actually a good example to argue for Flickr. No one would 1) pay to store a fridge, 2) pay for the electricity and 3) protect the contents indefinitely for strangers. It is perfectly reasonable to throw out food after a long span of time.