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Flickr's free accounts will be limited to 1,000 photos and videos starting January 8, 2019

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  1. clerical_terrors
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    This is a refreshingly straightforward and open communication from Flickr, and it helps put their decision in favorable light. Especially the part where they talk about how their business model...

    This is a refreshingly straightforward and open communication from Flickr, and it helps put their decision in favorable light. Especially the part where they talk about how their business model under Yahoo vs. the new one clearly shifts their priorities away from advertisers and back to it's userbase as the main customer.

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  2. Deimos
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    There's some concern that this could result in a huge number of photos licensed under Creative Commons being deleted, but it looks like the CC organization itself is getting involved and trying to...

    There's some concern that this could result in a huge number of photos licensed under Creative Commons being deleted, but it looks like the CC organization itself is getting involved and trying to make sure that it's handled well: https://creativecommons.org/2018/11/01/flickr-2/

    5 votes