Flickr Updates to Pro and Free Accounts May Simplify Business Use

Changes to the iconic Flickr photo sharing community make the site more useful to businesses using it as a resource for images used in marketing and communication. The change getting the biggest reaction is the elimination of the one free terabyte of space originally offered to all free Flickr users. Instead, they will be limited to 1,000 photos or videos. In April of this year, SmugMug purchased Flickr, and it was only a matter of time before changes would be implemented by the new owner. Fast forward seven months, and we now know what those changes are.The company attributes this change to people outside of the platform who were not members of the photo sharing community using the free storage. By changing the storage limit to the number of files free users can store, Flicker is looking to stop the abuse. The company says the majority of legitimate free users have less than 1,000 images, which will not affect how they use the platform. If you happen to have more than 1,000 images or videos, Flickr has set some deadlines for retrieving your content.