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Connie Loizos<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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In an email tonight to users of Flickr who pay roughly $50 annually for the service, MacAskill has basically asked them if they know anyone else who might be interested in a yearly subscription to Flickr, explaining that it “still needs your help. It’s still losing money.”<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

To sweeten the deal for new subscribers, SmugMug is offering 25% off a Flickr Pro account for those who visit this link<\/a> and input the code 25in2019.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Don MacAskill<\/a> (tweet<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Flickr is the world’s largest photographer-focused community. It’s the world’s best way to find great photography and connect with amazing photographers. Flickr hosts some of the world’s most iconic, most priceless photos, freely available to the entire world. This community is home to more than 100 million accounts and tens of billions of photos. It serves billions of photos every single day. It’s huge. It’s a priceless treasure for the whole world. And it costs money to operate. Lots of money.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>\n

Every Flickr Pro subscription goes directly to keeping Flickr alive and creating great new experiences for photographers like you. We are building lots of great things for the Flickr community, but we need your help. We can do this together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Louie Mantia, Jr.<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I can take a really nice picture from my very nice iPhone. And on my iPhone, I can view it how it was meant to be seen. But if I post it to a social network, it will be compressed because the convenience of delivery outweighs the full quality weight of the file.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

A. Lee Bennett Jr.<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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People are perpetually complaining about @Flickr and the price increase for a Pro account.<\/p>\n

But what Louie is describing is exactly<\/em> why there is value in Flickr Pro. One of the few places that stores your original<\/em> photos, uncompressed, and EXIF data intact.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n