Flickr will delete photos unless paid

Dave Crossland Posts: 1,456

November 2018 in History of Typography

https://www.shutterbugging.net/links/flickr-new-account-policy-the-flickrpocalypse-is-coming/

There's a lot of great type imagery on Flickr, and it is likely to be deleted unless you pay them

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  Chris Lozos Posts: 1,460

  November 2018

  I just signed up [$30 per year] for a pro account.  I have been with them for many years.

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  Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian Posts: 2,044

  November 2018 edited November 2018

  Although charging for a pro account makes sense, deleting over-1000 photos will pretty much kill the loyalty of the free users.
  
  But maybe:
  

  https://twitter.com/hhpapazian/status/1058221282251030528

  
  

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  AbiRasheed Posts: 245

  November 2018

  Wow that's crazy. I think I might go slightly insane if accounts like [Bibliodyssey]  has their stuff deleted.

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  Georg Seifert Posts: 680

  November 2018

  It is not as bad as is sounded initially:
  https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/07/flickr-wont-delete-creative-commons-photos/
  

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  Stephen Coles Posts: 1,016

  November 2018 edited November 2018

  But slightly worse than that. Here’s a few of my favorite accounts whose images will be deleted.

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