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Russell:
Has gone and changed itself a bit, they've offered a few new things like a terrabyte of space and a few other things but they've done away with the pro account and instead replaced it with an ad-free account for the not so cheap sum of $49.99.  Still trying to work out whats gone on but heres a starter:

http://blog.flickr.net/en/2013/05/20/a-better-brighter-flickr/

zpyder:
Will have to look at this tomorrow. The stuff about the free features sounds good, but for more money a year they had better offer more for the revised pro account. EG, unlimited storage (wasn't the old pro account unlimited?)

It'd be nice if they've added options for selling or linking to other sites for the paid version too,  as opposed to making it against ToS.

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zpyder:
Looks like flickr has increased free functionality by getting the paid option to foot the bill with increased fees, whilst reducing the perks from the paid option.

Flickr may well have lost $30 a year from me unless the ads are annoying to me or viewers of my photos.

If I'm at my 1tb limit (possible) I may well end up moving back to zenfolio as no way am I paying $500 for 2tb.

Either way this is a bad move I think, I doubt I'm the only one who feels this way.

They really need to rethink their pricing. $50 a year just to remove ads is too much. If $100 a year is ad free and unlimited elsewhere I'll gladly pay it. It's just a shame as it'll impact the searchability of my photos.

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Clock'd 0Ne:
While I can understand the ease of use and instant appeal of it, for $50 a year I'd be hosting my own website.

zpyder:
http://mashable.com/2013/05/20/flickr-pro-changes/

Apparently the pro accounts are not available to buy now, but if you are an exists pro member there are no plans to force you across to the new style accounts and you should be able to keep your account, including renewing it as a pro account.

Sounds good except now I'll always have in the back of my head that they could and likely will force pro accounts across at some point.

My reason for concern is that I have a lot of creative Commons licensed entomological and scientific photos up at stupid resolutions. I don't want to have to limit my account as I don't want to stop people having access to these photos for use in science etc.

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