PAY OR BE ERASED
For those who may still be unaware, Flickr in recent months has doubled the price of the "old school" PRO account holders (of which I was one), to bring their fees in line with all the other newer PRO members. They didn't notify me of this scheduled price increase and I only found out it was being implemented by stumbling across a thread in the HELP FORUM in August.
www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157699931347474/
I wouldn't have minded paying the higher price, but the way in which they implemented the price increase, with no notice, didn't sit well with me— especially considering they keep downgrading site features and the features they do keep, continue to experience issues.
So, I cancelled my PRO in September, after twelve years. I've had a continuous PRO account since 2006, and I didn't easily make the decision to cancel.
Now, the new owners of Flickr have dropped the hammer and are saying that any FREE account Flickr members can only have 1000 photos uploaded at any time, and if they have more than that, Flickr will begin deleting them, starting with the oldest of your images, to bring your total to 1000 or less.
www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157702923034264/
I had explained in the first thread link listed here that I would be open to start paying for PRO again, if Flickr showed improvements and features meriting the now doubled cost to me.
In their good will, they have decided to effectively do what feels like extorting their FREE members to pay for PRO, versus first making good on their promises of site improvement.
I am now at a crossroads. I understand Flickr is a business and is in it to make money, but I would think there are friendlier ways to go about things.
Anyway, I just wanted to give you FREE members
a heads up, because based on Flickr's previous action of not notifying me about price increases, they may very well not notify their FREE members before they start deleting their photos.
Jim
PAY OR BE ERASED
For those who may still be unaware, Flickr in recent months has doubled the price of the "old school" PRO account holders (of which I was one), to bring their fees in line with all the other newer PRO members. They didn't notify me of this scheduled price increase and I only found out it was being implemented by stumbling across a thread in the HELP FORUM in August.
www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157699931347474/
I wouldn't have minded paying the higher price, but the way in which they implemented the price increase, with no notice, didn't sit well with me— especially considering they keep downgrading site features and the features they do keep, continue to experience issues.
So, I cancelled my PRO in September, after twelve years. I've had a continuous PRO account since 2006, and I didn't easily make the decision to cancel.
Now, the new owners of Flickr have dropped the hammer and are saying that any FREE account Flickr members can only have 1000 photos uploaded at any time, and if they have more than that, Flickr will begin deleting them, starting with the oldest of your images, to bring your total to 1000 or less.
www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157702923034264/
I had explained in the first thread link listed here that I would be open to start paying for PRO again, if Flickr showed improvements and features meriting the now doubled cost to me.
In their good will, they have decided to effectively do what feels like extorting their FREE members to pay for PRO, versus first making good on their promises of site improvement.
I am now at a crossroads. I understand Flickr is a business and is in it to make money, but I would think there are friendlier ways to go about things.
Anyway, I just wanted to give you FREE members
a heads up, because based on Flickr's previous action of not notifying me about price increases, they may very well not notify their FREE members before they start deleting their photos.
Jim