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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. But... by madbawa · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...will I have to create yet another account for Flickr or will my Yahoo login work?

    1. Re:But... by maxume · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you collect your tears from when a giant corporation harms you, you can use them to bring a puppy back to life.

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  3. Photobucket 40% market share by lowem · · Score: 4, Interesting

    From TFA, it's interesting to note that Photobucket has 40% market share, at least in terms of hits (as of Apr 2007). Even if you add up Yahoo Photos and Flickr, that's 10.2%.

    1. Re:Photobucket 40% market share by stunt_penguin · · Score: 4, Interesting

      To be honest, I'd go for quality over quantity. I don't mean to sound snotty, but flickr isn't a site where everyone just uploads their OMG funny!! GIF files and every crappy camera phone snap; it's more of a serious photographer's site, and as such doesn't have the same potential market as somewhere like photobucket.

      It does, however, redeem Yahoo! in the eyes of a lot of people, and for that, I suppose they should be grateful.

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  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:Let's hope they'll get to keep Flickr then... by kestasjk · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's a "Yahoo"? Is that like a "Fax" or "Cassette" or something?

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  6. best is to shift to picasaweb! by freakxx · · Score: 4, Informative

    it offers 1 GB of total space and unlimited bandwidth...sufficient for an ordinary user....if needed more, create another picasaweb account and link one account with another using favorite feature of it...

    I used Flickr before but was annoyed much with their 20MB/month limit as 1280x1024 images were talking 600KB+....means, not more than 35 images a month...a big restriction...