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Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by gizzlon »

tonyblundell wrote: post #189
pajju wrote: post #103

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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…

The redesign looks awesome, but who's going to pay a recurring $49 just to remove ads? Can't help but think their money men might be about to screw this up. Hope not, love Flickr :-s

I would if I used it a lot.. Extensive ads ruin a lot of webpages to the extend that I just stay away..

Yes, I know I could use adblock etc., which helps, but the design and layout is still much worse than it could be. It's worth paying a small amount to fix sites I use a lot.

Also, it's the principle of the thing. If they can't see that their site is totally f#¤ useless and ugly, I'm not going to bother with them.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by pajju »

MikeKusold wrote: post #291
pajju wrote: post #164

Yahoo is looking fresh again! I think this a well-thought idea to -- get more social. Also with this move, it might push Google users to consider syncing and sharing their photos to Flickr now. Google gives 5GB for high-resolution, i.e original quality photos, Yahoo is giving 1TB, but think yahoo ads. Any such kind of service is a lock-in ( platform level, so more control) and maybe they integrate tumblr strongly wit…

This has been upped to a maximum of 15GB when Google combined all their storage into Drive. Your argument still holds though.

Yeah its now combined to be 15GB for all Google products.

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Post by munkymorgy »

ajays wrote: post #240
jrdn wrote: post #202

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It's $49.99 a year, though. As a fairly heavy flickr user I could easily see spending $4.16/month to remove ads.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my impression is that it's not just that you don't see ads; it's also that others don't see ads on your photos. The latter can be an important feature for those who use Flickr to create professional portfolios.

The original pro account removed ads while browsing the site, Not from your pages as viewed by others. Plus a lot of the time your Photos are submitted to groups, would adds be removed every time one of your pictures turned up on the page?

Pretty sure it is not a business feature to show a clean page but a viewer option for distraction free viewing.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by robotmay »

deanclatworthy wrote: post #295
jmathai wrote: post #100

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I'm 2 years into a photo service and disk space has never been the determining cost factor. Space is only used to get users to upgrade to a paying account. I don't downplay the importance of that though, it's critical to figure out how you're going to make money today and not once you have a few million users. In Yahoo!'s case it's about getting more engagement and users.

Wow, your offering looks rather promising. A reasonable price for unlimited storage, and importing all photos from other services.

Photo import is something I want to offer, but I need to make sure it doesn't break the terms of service of the other sites before I add it :)

I'm working out the subscription cost at the moment; I'm currently thinking around £25 per year. Does that sound reasonable? I'll very likely offer a discount to any beta users who upgrade within the first month or so too, as I'm really grateful for any and all feedback.

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Post by robotmay »

yardie wrote: post #299
robotmay wrote: post #122

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I'm hoping to offer a bunch of features other than unlimited photo uploads to entice users into subscriptions. More features, such as being able to share private collections (albums/sets) with others, or increased control over what they see on the site. I'm looking to launch it proper in the next couple of weeks once I have the TOS finalised and the company set up. And I'm always open to any suggestions users have fo…

Please, have a plugin for the major photo packages (Lightroom, Aperture, iPhoto, etc). Making it easy to get the images into your site lowers the barrier dramatically. I stick with flickr because I use Aperture. It can export directly to my flickr account and means I have one less headache.

These are definitely on the horizon. This is one of the things that has been on my to-do list from the start. I did look into how the integrations work, IIRC Lightroom was pretty straightforward, but I assume Aperture can't be that much more tricky :)

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Post by AlisdairO »

supergauntlet wrote: post #297
tomasien wrote: post #282

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Only essentially at levels that are extraordinarily achievable with participation. Really, only at the 500 level does it matter.

Wait, what? I don't post a lot on HN, what do you get at the 500 point level..?

The ability to downvote.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by jmathai »

robotmay wrote: post #304
deanclatworthy wrote: post #295

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Wow, your offering looks rather promising. A reasonable price for unlimited storage, and importing all photos from other services.

Photo import is something I want to offer, but I need to make sure it doesn't break the terms of service of the other sites before I add it :) I'm working out the subscription cost at the moment; I'm currently thinking around £25 per year. Does that sound reasonable? I'll very likely offer a discount to any beta users who upgrade within the first month or so too, as I'm really grateful for any and all feedback.

Most API rate limits are stated in the developer docs. By default I stay below 1 request per second and that seems to work for most APIs.

If you wait long enough we'll eventually open source our import infrastructure :).

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by jmathai »

yardie wrote: post #299
robotmay wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm hoping to offer a bunch of features other than unlimited photo uploads to entice users into subscriptions. More features, such as being able to share private collections (albums/sets) with others, or increased control over what they see on the site. I'm looking to launch it proper in the next couple of weeks once I have the TOS finalised and the company set up. And I'm always open to any suggestions users have fo…

Please, have a plugin for the major photo packages (Lightroom, Aperture, iPhoto, etc). Making it easy to get the images into your site lowers the barrier dramatically. I stick with flickr because I use Aperture. It can export directly to my flickr account and means I have one less headache.

Don't underestimate this. The first thing anyone will want to do is import/upload their photos.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by robotmay »

jmathai wrote: post #307
robotmay wrote: post #304

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Photo import is something I want to offer, but I need to make sure it doesn't break the terms of service of the other sites before I add it :) I'm working out the subscription cost at the moment; I'm currently thinking around £25 per year. Does that sound reasonable? I'll very likely offer a discount to any beta users who upgrade within the first month or so too, as I'm really grateful for any and all feedback.

Most API rate limits are stated in the developer docs. By default I stay below 1 request per second and that seems to work for most APIs. If you wait long enough we'll eventually open source our import infrastructure :).

Doh, I feel like a pillock now - didn't realise Dean was talking about openphoto.

I've not seen it before; it's a great idea. I haven't got an API yet (but it will be coming soon after beta) and I'm all about freedom of data and information, so if you fancied supporting Photographer.io as another data source in the future I'd be more than happy to help.

I've worked a bit with Flickr's API in the past and found it very reasonable, so hopefully adding support for importing from there shouldn't be too tricky.

Re: Flickr gets new UI, new Android app, 1 TB free space

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Post by vidarh »

Eduardo3rd wrote: post #2

"So we’re also giving our Flickr users one terabyte of space — for free." This is incredible. I remember being blown away with the 1 GB of storage I got with my gmail account back in 2005. I couldn't even fathom needing a terabyte back then. What a fun time to be alive.

I worked at Yahoo at that time, and what I remember was the sheer panic from the Mail team trying to figure out how to respond...
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