Nothing is truly free in this world, after all. But that still represents significantly less space than 1 terabyte. In reality, this still offers a lot of space for your photos - you can still store 1,000 super high-resolution images in your account, irrespective of their size. Moving forward, the limit will be 1,000 photos or videos.
Since 2013, Flickr has lured users on board with the promise of 1 terabyte of free storage - before that, the limit was 200 photos or videos. The change won’t take effect until January 2019, however so a Yahoo account is still mandatory for now.Ībove: Yahoo account: Mandatory still, but not for long Freeloaders You’ll simply be asked to enter your new login credentials when this feature becomes available, and that will be it.
Soon, you will be able to use any email address and password combo you like on Flickr, and that shift won’t involve starting from scratch. In short, Flickr still holds a lot of potential, if managed correctly.įast-forward to today, and Flickr has now revealed its new model for free and Pro account users.įirst, the decision to ditch Yahoo accounts as a mandatory log-in requirement will certainly be welcomed by millions - it was, Flickr notes in its announcement, by far the most requested change since SmugMug bought it. But Flickr still claims north of 100 million active accounts, which is why SmugMug came a-callin’ in April.
While Verizon bundled AOL and Yahoo under the Oath banner, Flickr started shedding features and services, and its future did not look bright. Many people speculated about what would happen to the formerly Yahoo-owned image-hosting platform when Yahoo became part of Verizon’s family in 2017. However, not all the news is good - those with free accounts will no longer have 1 terabyte of storage for their photos.
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