If they'd managed flickr properly, there may have never been a YouTube or an Instagram. A competently-run flickr could've handled video (in a non-crippled fashi

If they'd managed flickr properly, there may have never been a YouTube or an Instagram. A competently-run flickr could've handled video (in a non-crippled fashion), and would've been anticipating and well-prepared for the mobile photography boom. My guess is that flickr was being run by a bare-bones team in strictly maintenance mode, and the profits were funneled into other (money-losing) parts of the company.