Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
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Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
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Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#2Hmmm, never heard of it.
I think to defeat Picasa and Flickr, first, it has to actually be known about...
The reasons given in the article are well, nice enough features, but they're absolutely not enough to guarantee success or domination... not even close. Major success is of course extremely fickle; it's not just major features that are important but all sorts of incidental stuff. In many cases, much of this comes down to luck as much as anything else (e.g. FB's big advantage was being in the right place, at the right time, and not screwing up that advantage completely), and is notoriously hard to predict.
So... good luck, I guess, but, well ... meh.
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#3I'd bet against this happening... nobody knows about this.
Also, hasn't twitter, shared photo streams and Instagram/Facebook already "defeated" simple image hosting platforms?
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#4Even though it would be cool, I think that the situation is similar to Diaspora/Facebook, i.e. end users won't run their own servers and it would not be profitable for third parties to run them either.
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#5Even though it would be cool, I think that the situation is similar to Diaspora/Facebook, i.e. end users won't run their own servers and it would not be profitable for third parties to run them either.
We'll see. That's what we are doing with https://openphoto.me
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#6"You decide where to store photos"
That is most likely the reason this, as many other "open" alternatives, won't defeat proprietary solutions.
A normal human being won't bother setting up an S3 account and integrating with this service when they can just pay Flickr/Picasa and forget.
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#7I'd bet against this happening... nobody knows about this. Also, hasn't twitter, shared photo streams and Instagram/Facebook already "defeated" simple image hosting platforms?
I'm betting against that. Photos, unlike many other types of content, are not ephemeral. If you don't believe they are then ask anyone who takes photos of their kids.
It is often difficult to defend my thoughts with younger more technical groups. If all people care about really is sharing photos in the moment then I'm wrong and OpenPhoto will be a failure. I'm bullish.
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#8"You decide where to store photos" That is most likely the reason this, as many other "open" alternatives, won't defeat proprietary solutions. A normal human being won't bother setting up an S3 account and integrating with this service when they can just pay Flickr/Picasa and forget.
I don't know that it has to defeat every proprietary system in order to be successful and it doesn't happen over night. I can tell you that from what our customers are saying that the value proposition is becoming extremely clear. It's been challenging because the concepts aren't always easy to explain. But as with any model that's drastically different it takes time for folks to warm up to it. That was always the biggest hurdle. But I can say that it is happening in a real and measurable way.
This is a marathon.
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#9"You decide where to store photos" That is most likely the reason this, as many other "open" alternatives, won't defeat proprietary solutions. A normal human being won't bother setting up an S3 account and integrating with this service when they can just pay Flickr/Picasa and forget.
Agreed. Flickr is $25 for unlimited storage. That's much better than S3 AFAIK. Especially in this day and age when I go out with my DSLR and come back with 4gig of new images.
Re: Why OpenPhoto will defeat Picasa and Flickr
#10"You decide where to store photos" That is most likely the reason this, as many other "open" alternatives, won't defeat proprietary solutions. A normal human being won't bother setting up an S3 account and integrating with this service when they can just pay Flickr/Picasa and forget.
Agreed. Flickr is $25 for unlimited storage. That's much better than S3 AFAIK. Especially in this day and age when I go out with my DSLR and come back with 4gig of new images.
It may say unlimited, but only a fool would believe it.
How many photos do you have uploaded anyway?
Also, good luck dowloading your whole photo collection from Flickr.