Guys, don't worry. Getty will slowly destroy Unsplash. They are really good at breaking things and squeezing money out of stones.
Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images
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#242> Unsplash will continue to operate as a standalone brand and division of Getty Images. The entire Unsplash team will be staying and building Unsplash in the direction we have been. The main difference now is we have access to the resources and experience of Getty Images to help accelerate our plans to create the world’s most useful visual asset library. Sounds so familiar. How many times have we heard this one? How…
Just to save calories in case someone actually spends non-zero time thinking about this: it is never true . Its a "put 2 and 2 together" type thing. - Getty is a for-profit organization. - Profit means money. - Getty is lawsuit-happy. Now it is only a matter of time before Unsplash is "incredible journey'd".
Unsplash makes money too, and is lawsuit-compatible.
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#243Is someone interested to build an open source alternative with me? Donation based to cover the server costs. Maybe the chance to pay for the service if you want to maintain a private image library (somehow like the previous Github pricing model was). Building a feature to allow Unsplash user to migrate their images with a single click. Code and content under MIT. Allowing videos, too. I would prefer Ruby on Rails as framework.
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What makes you think they believe it?
For example, I honestly believe the Oculus founder believed the promises that you wouldn't ever need to use a FB account to use an Oculus, just given his public comments.
Why would you believe public comments, especially from someone who sold to Mark Zuckerberg, famous for mocking people for trustit him?
Re: Unsplash is being acquired by Getty Images
#245What are some good alternatives with API support? (free or paid)
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#246This reminds me of 500px. I used to be a huge fan of 500px. It was the most beautiful photography site on the internet, designed with attention to every tiny detail. It allowed you to share your photos under a CC license, presented them beautifully and had fantastic curated feeds with photos by fantastic photographers. In 2018 they were acquired by an investor company and partnered exclusively with Getty. As a contri…
Reading through the press release, this really stood out: > In 2016, we first met the Getty Images team. We weren’t sure they would see the world the same way we did given their business was largely built on licensing. Over years of conversations, however, we learned about the level of respect they had for the Unsplash community and the rights of creators to choose how and where their imagery is made available. While…
I read it more like "The plan was from the beginning to exit to Getty so we had talks early on"
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#247I had to prevent many employees from using Unsplash with people because they don't have a model release and most startup people don't know what that is.
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#248I have to say this kind of announcement sticks in the craw. I get that Mikael Cho and colleagues created Unsplash and it's theirs to do with as they please: they don't owe us anything. But really, couldn't they just come right out and say "They offered us too much money, we couldn't resist, So long, suckers"?
I remember the day Crew.co (another Mikael Cho venture) was sold to Dribbble. I was a member of, and I've felt cheated. I was sold and paid nothing. I've contributed to the value of Crew.co and I was ousted from a day to another.
The official reason selling Crew was to focus on Unsplash. Another venture where network effects (free work done by contributors) can generate later a fortune for few.
So ... we've been tricked. Our collective efforts was monetized by a few. That's network economy.
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Absolutely. This is a dark day for 'open source' images.
It’s hard to find examples of acquisitions that were good for the customers or the employees.
in general i would agree, but i think that github might be one exception, the free plan was expanded to include private repo's, the redesign is annoying but usable
they have made some mistakes with things like the dmca notice on youtube-dl but thankfully restored it and seem to be willing to help fight for it
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You can't use Oculus products now without a Facebook account?
Without a Facebook account, your Oculus headset has "limited" features. There's also been a bunch of stories on HN from people who've bricked their headset when their linked Facebook account got banned or deleted. [1] https://www.oculus.com/blog/a-single-way-to-log-into-oculus-...
Does it really brick the headset? I read that if one account gets banned, you can log in with another account.