As usual with Twitter being a news source for me, I found out that Flickr had redesigned its Photostream look, and also changed the amount of upload you can get for free from 200Mb to 1Tb – which is a lot. I like the new layout too.
I’ve been a Flickr Pro user since March 2005 – it was one of my first social networks. There used to be a pretty good Flickr community in Adelaide which has now died down a lot. Either that or I’m just not in the loop anymore.
I got a bit confused as I wasn’t sure what these changes meant for existing Pro users and the website wasn’t that much help to me.
Pro users can keep renewing but it doesn’t say at what cost on the Help page. I’ve since found out it’s at the same annual cost of $24.95.Pro users still get unlimited upload and can still view stats for photos.
I can’t see that this option is available to new users at all so I wonder if the Pro options will one day be phased out? And I’m also wondering how many new Flickr users will want the $49.99 annual payment for an ad-free Flickr.
I’m undecided as to whether to keep renewing my Pro account, or just to move to a free account.
How about you? Do you think you’ll stay using Flickr Pro, or move to a free account? And what do you think of the changes?
And if you’re on Flickr and want to connect, please do.
