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Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by wslh » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:07 PM UTC

oh_sigh wrote: post #25

aresant wrote: post #10

To clear up the pricing confusion: - It's FREE for Prime Members - It's $11.99 a year for non-prime members The other caveat is that it's unlimited for photos, but only 5gig of video.

Can I store my videos frame-by-frame as images?

There is another plan for unlimited video for $ 59.99: https://www.amazon.com/gp/drive/landing/everything/?ref_=cd_...

Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by joeblau » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:14 PM UTC

spilk wrote: post #31

Didn't they launch this last year? http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/cloud-storage/amazon-pr...

Amazon relaunches the same products all the time. It's a soft launch until it gains traction or dies.

Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by Numberwang » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:16 PM UTC

wslh wrote: post #81

oh_sigh wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can I store my videos frame-by-frame as images?

There is another plan for unlimited video for $ 59.99: https://www.amazon.com/gp/drive/landing/everything/?ref_=cd_...

Still, no playback for 5+ min of video which makes it not usable for me.

Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by cwh » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:16 PM UTC

joeblau wrote: post #82

spilk wrote: post #31

Didn't they launch this last year? http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/cloud-storage/amazon-pr...

Amazon relaunches the same products all the time. It's a soft launch until it gains traction or dies.

nothing was relaunched, it's just a landing page. i'm not sure why this is on HN.

Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by akurilin » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:19 PM UTC

On that note, what's the most convenient way out there if you want to use a cloud service as an external drive to store most of your images in RAW format?

Ideally you wouldn't have to keep them all on your local drive, only the ones you're working with. I know S3 would be a fit, but I'm thinking something equally cheap, but with a nicer web interface specific to photography and similar affordable pricing.

Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by abalone » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:23 PM UTC

This is a deceptive HN post with a "vote-bait" title. There was no launch. This is a year old.

Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by stephengoodwin » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:27 PM UTC

Is this new? I've been using this for over a month now.

Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by dang » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:27 PM UTC

spilk wrote: post #31

Didn't they launch this last year? http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/cloud-storage/amazon-pr...

Huh, that's weird. We'll take "launches" out of the title.

Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by copperx » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:28 PM UTC

aresant wrote: post #10

To clear up the pricing confusion: - It's FREE for Prime Members - It's $11.99 a year for non-prime members The other caveat is that it's unlimited for photos, but only 5gig of video.

$11.99 a year is quite cheap. Although I have MUCH less than 100GB of images, so I think Google's $1.99/mo for 100GB is better so I can use the rest of the storage for something else.

Re: Amazon Prime Photos

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Post by joeblau » Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 9:28 PM UTC

cwh wrote: post #84

joeblau wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazon relaunches the same products all the time. It's a soft launch until it gains traction or dies.

nothing was relaunched, it's just a landing page. i'm not sure why this is on HN.

Ah. The product I worked at at Amazon had a similar landing page to it's original landing page a year prior so that's why I was thinking it might be a soft relaunch. Amazon might have email blasted a ton of current customers with an offer which is why it resurfaced. I didn't know Amazon already offered this service; I'm only familiar with Amazon Cloud Drive.