Flickr makes its photo upload tool a paid feature

[Nish Nishant]

- Flickr takes a big step backwards by making its photo upload tool a paid feature | The Verge[^] This seems to be an odd decision for sure. :~

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[Mike Hankey]

They are definitely shooting themselves in the foot. I was wondering why my Lightroom uploader doesn't work anymore. They must have disabled it as well.

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[Nish Nishant]

Yeah, a website that's built on one aspect, and one aspect only - image content, makes it difficult for users to upload that content. What could go wrong? :-D

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[Nagy Vilmos]

Very odd me thinks. Surely a business plan for social media that reduces content is flawed?

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[Bassam Abdul Baki]

Their shine is flickering.

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[Duncan Edwards Jones]

It turns out people* are just using the uploadr as a backup tool, never marking the uploaded photos as public and therefore not effectively generating any new content to drive page views (and advertising revenue). * Sample size: 1

[Lost User]

Personally, I see nothing bad in this decision. In case all services on the Web would cost something, we would return to a normal life again and not communicate at the same table we are sitting by "what's ever". :)

[Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan]

They could have asked for the resolutions on which to upload the photos. Just the way Google does, to upload full-sized images in a limited space and for more space, get a subscription. After all, this is Yahoo!, who likes that?

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[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

Mike Hankey wrote:

Lightroom

Isn't that an Adobe product, not a Yahoo product?

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[Mike Hankey]

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:

Isn't that an Adobe product, not a Yahoo product?

Yes but there's a Flickr, among other plugins, that use Flickr's API.

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[9082365]

One small step backwards for Flickr, one giant leap forward for mankind!

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[Nish Nishant]

I think it's a giant leap forward for Google Photos.

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[xiecsuk]

What's Flickr?

[bwallan]

With Yahoo in financial trouble, maybe it is a way to move forward on a few projects!? If the tool is any good, people should be willing to put up a bit of cash for it.

[bwallan]

Google Photos has a REALLY long way to go before one can consider it going forward! It is a piece of crap compared to the excellent PICASA service they're considering dropping...