If SmugMug can stabilize Flickr, please its enthusiast users with an excellent service and build things on over time, that will likely be a better future than Verizon could have offered.īut unless something significant changes, it’s hard to imagine a major Flickr comeback. Instagram has become the culturally dominant visual community of the day.Īnd while Flickr has an app, it hasn’t cracked the top 150 iPhone photo apps in the past month, according to App Annie. Apple has made photography a core part of its operating system and messaging service. Google and Amazon Prime now offer effectively unlimited photo libraries and backup for free. Photo sharing isn’t just a thing anymore - it’s part of many things. More than anything, mobile has taken over, and photo sharing has evolved from albums to streams to Stories. Flickr was started by a Vancouver-based company founded by Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield as a way to embed and share images. The free plan is limited to a maximum of 1,000 media files, whereas the paid plans offer an unlimited storage option.
We need open, indie social platforms more than ever on the web right now.)- Anil Dash Dot Com April 20, 2018īut can Flickr start growing and really matter again? That’s a different proposition that will be much harder.Ī lot, obviously, has changed since Flickr’s heyday - Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, squares, vertical, etc. Flickr offers free or paid subscription plans for users to choose from. ( I am excited to see an independent company that cares about photography and has a long-term sustainable business model become a steward for Flickr.
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