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Yahoo! Photos to Shut Down

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the flickred-out dept.

prostoalex writes "Yahoo has finally made a decision regarding Yahoo! Photos vs. Flickr battle, and will be shutting down Yahoo! Photos by the fall of this year. Even though Yahoo! Photos currently maintains a higher share of Internet visits, Flickr growth convinced the company to maintain a single photo site from now on. Says USA Today: 'Stewart Butterfield, who co-founded Flickr in 2004 with wife Caterina Fake, says the move is a "validation" of the central idea of Flickr: that photos in the digital age are very different from a physical print. "We saw it as a means of communication and connecting with people," says Butterfield, Flickr's general manager. "People can take a picture and get immediate feedback from all over the world, and you can't do that with a printed photo."'"

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  1. Was wondering by bsharitt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I was wondering how they were going to merge Yahoo photos with flickr, and was expecting and uglier merger. Throwing out Yahoo photos is a much nicer solution.

  2. Wonder how much money Flickr makes. by nagarjun · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I have never seen any advertising on Flickr. Assuming even 5 million paid subscribers ("pro accounts") worldwide, that's only a little over $100 million/yr. Not a lot for a company of Yahoo's size.

    They have other revenue streams too of course, but I can't get help get the feeling that Flickr gets Yahoo! more good PR than money.

  3. Re:But... by bsharitt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I believe they've already got flickr working with Yahoo logins. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's a requirement for new accounts, and they may have made the old users migrate.

  4. Re:Let's hope they'll get to keep Flickr then... by CrackedButter · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oh I fucking hope not. I use Yahoo for many things and if Microsoft buys them, I'd have to switch to Google or something more 3rd party. I also wouldn't want to turn the internet into a Google vs Microsoft landscape because that is what it is if Microsoft buys Yahoo! The internet is more interesting with Yahoo.

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  5. Re:Photobucket 40% market share by stunt_penguin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You haven't spent long actually using flickr, obviously.

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  6. eGroups by lennier1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Does anyone still remember when the same thing happened with eGroups and Yahoo! Groups?