Bye, Flickr
Par NiKo le lundi 25 janvier 2010, 09:39 - Dev
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In some hours, maybe days, my flickr account will be destroyed, and its content will be gone, definitely.
Looks like Flickr doesn’t allow "sales links" within photo description:
That doesn’t fit my way of thinking my expensive hobby. I know, by putting links to redbubble I’m breaking the terms of service agreement, so I’m the culprit, and Flickr is safe.
Bye Flickr, after 5 years of paying my "pro" account fees, I’m a bit sad to leave the community, but I can’t stand paying for a service which doesn’t allow me to manage my stuff the way I want. Especially when some Interesting photos of the day, highlighted by Flickr itself in its explore RSS feed, are using the same kind of links, but are still there, safe.
Double standards? Not for me, thanks. Bye.
PS: When I’ll have a new dedicated self-hosted website, I’ll keep you informed here. In the meanwhile, feel free to reach me at redbubble.
Edit: Done, flickr account is gone. All the data it contained have been retrieved using the awesome photobackup utility, give it a go, even for backuping your flickr stream: it just works.
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NicolasS> I thought about this option for a minute, then decided to complain with my credit card. Flickr is a good tools, but still sucks some ways while I'm less and less tolerant regarding paying services lacking of basic customer respect, especially faithful ones.
Frank> I'll miss Joe, for sure. Or not.
Hi, I'm an admin for "Flickr sucks" group and I support your decision. You won't miss Explore and useless comments.
Awesome account ! Stunning partnership with Snapfish !
It's too late but you could have kept your data on flickr and build your own app hosted on your server by using the API. On Flickr you would not have put selling links but only on your self hosted app. Maybe it will be still considered as violating TOS anayway
It's more or less what I have in mind for my own photos. I could set them as private on flickr but allow people from my familly without flickr account to see them. Obviously there will be no sale links in my case
A ta place comme à la leur, je comprends.
Le hic, c'est qu'ils font 2 poids 2 mesures apparemment.
It's really sad to see you leaving from flickr since your photos were always inspiring (I have to admit that I used some of them for my desktop wallpapers...). However I hope that redbubble is the service that supports you as a photographern rather than standing in your way.
NiKo,
Je ne sais pas si tu à vu cette annonce mais Dpreview ouvre des galeries photos, le petit lien qui va bien :
http://www.dpreview.com/galleries/
Si jamais ça peut servir.
Bonne continuation et donne nous des infos
well... that's sad, because Flickr is not just about showing pictures, it's about sharing and communities.
As long as your picture publishing doesn't abide the TOS, and that you disagree with them, that's fair enough, either your account is terminated, or you remove it yourself. Sad, but fair.
The saddest part is that other Flickrites do the same, and their account is not to be terminated.
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