The 300MB limit might have been removed from the copy, but it's still enforced: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5428533/Capture.PNG
Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
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Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
#222I am genuinely confused. I am currently a Pro user. I'm happy paying $25/year for what I get. Now, to get all the same benefits that I was getting for $25/year, I can just degrade to a free account? I guess this assumes that there are a lot of mobile users now and installing ad-blockers on mobile is much more difficult. Still, what a strange decision.
If you continue to pay for the Pro account, you get no ads (the free tier is ad supported), unlimited storage space (no new plans get this, so this is a nice grandfathered bonus.. if you need more than 1TB that is) and photo stats.
But yes, the difference between free and Pro is no longer as large of a distinction as it used to be.
Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
#223Earlier quoted context omitted.
From what I'm reading, existing Pro users will be grandfathered and have the ability to continue with their existing subscription.
I am a pro user, but I don't have a recurring subscription, I just rebuy it every 2 years, now I'm going to have to pay double for no ads, seems like I got screwed most of all.
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Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
#224I am genuinely confused. I am currently a Pro user. I'm happy paying $25/year for what I get. Now, to get all the same benefits that I was getting for $25/year, I can just degrade to a free account? I guess this assumes that there are a lot of mobile users now and installing ad-blockers on mobile is much more difficult. Still, what a strange decision.
If you continue to pay for the Pro account, you get no ads (the free tier is ad supported), unlimited storage space (no new plans get this, so this is a nice grandfathered bonus.. if you need more than 1TB that is) and photo stats. But yes, the difference between free and Pro is no longer as large of a distinction as it used to be.
Hmm, I guess I will degrade my account and flickr will lose a paying customer.
Seems like most users either a) are resigned to seeing ads on every website or b) have installed an ad-blocker. I don't see how paying for ad removal can generate much money.
Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
#225Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed that this is why Yahoo is pricing it this way -- but I imagine it won't stop the pricing feeling "wrong" to many people. "Why should I pay $500 a year for just a little bit more than I what I was getting for free?" I would imagine, at that price point, it would drive people to use multiple accounts despite the irritation -- and that ultimately, because of that irritation, they might leave the service. Not a go…
No one has pointed out to you that it's $50 a year, not month.
$50/year is for the ad-free. They are talking about the two terabyte plan. The (understandable from the perspective of the consumer) cognitive dissonance is, 999 Megabytes is free, but 1001 Megabytes is $500/year. How can two things, so close to each other, be priced so differently?
It's a very, very small number of people (though they certainly exist) that have photo libraries of > 1 Terabyte. And, and an almost insignificant number of people who have 1 Terabyte of curated pictures. (I.E. Eliminating Dupes, Poor Composition, Focus/exposure issues, etc...)
Flickr as backup doesn't make sense - backblaze, at $50/year, makes a lot more sense. Perhaps this is Flickr's way of encouraging people to start using them as a curated upload site, and not as a backup of their entire photo library.
Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
#226First impressions: awesome Looks beautiful at first glance.
Quick second impressions: I kinda miss lots of the information I used to have. I don't get why there are still pages after scrolling for a while. Some of the old interface still bleeds through a bit. Looks like it's being actively worked on (even after launch).
Space is impressive, I haven't even gotten close to hitting that much with my pro account let alone a free one.
I wish they'd fix the crappy upload app.
Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
#227I hate this new layout.
Artistic images need space, especially images that aren't meant to be place together. Otherwise their color would collide with each other and ruin the visual experience for them.
If flickr wants to become a social network that features family photos maybe that's the right layout, but I think most of the pro users weren't paying $25 a year for that purpose.
Flickr is no longer a valid place to share pictures for photographers who care about their visual quality. That made me really sad today.
Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
#2281TB isn't that impressive when you have to deal with a 300MB/month upload rate limit: http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/ It'd take 291 years to fill up the 1TB allowance: https://www.google.com/search?q=1TB+%2F+(300+MB%2Fmonth) (Also looks like there's a missing on that limits page, there.) Edit: Looks like the page is being edited right this moment - the page used to list the 300MB/month limit but was also mentionin…
As per the new plans, there is no 300MB/month upload-limits on free-accounts.( please don't see Google search results, was that cached? ) Here are their newer plans -- Free-Accounts: + 1 Terabyte of photo and video storage + Upload photos of up to 200MB per photo + Upload 1080p HD videos of up to 1GB each + Video playback of up to 3 minutes each + Upload and download in full original quality Ad-Free accounts: (older…
Even though they removed the limit from the terms today, it was still active when I tried to upload images to Flickr just now. They'll probably correct that soon, still not the most trustworthy way of making this kind of announcement.
Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
#229Earlier quoted context omitted.
Huh. Flickr Pro is gone, and there's no way to lift this 300MB/mo limit? Looks like Dropbox might have found themselves a new paying customer.
Although, for existing Pro users, it looks like they can continue renewing their Pro accounts [1]: * Starting on 5/20/2013, we will no longer be offering new Flickr Pro subscriptions. After that point, the following things will happen: * * Recurring Pro users currently have the ability to renew. * [1] https://secure.flickr.com/help/limits/#150487675
I saw that - but I haven't been able to find out what price we can renew at. If it's still at $25 - every pro user in the universe will renew. If it's even $50 - for unlimited storage (versus $500/year for 2 terabytes) - still sounds like a no brainer.
I wonder if Yahoo/Flickr are really going to take that good a care of their existing pro users?
Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space
#230As much as I'm excited about the new Flickr, redesign is not complete. For example, the collections pages and batch editor remain the same. This causes some UI inconsistencies.
Edit: along with copy inconsistencies pointed out in other comments (concerning some important aspects such as new policies, esp. regarding paying customers), this makes me worry. From my experience, Flickr generally has been very consistent about their UX. I hope the redesign is just a minor screw-up.