Am I wasting $25/year?
October 17, 2011 8:08 PM Subscribe
If Google Photo gives me unlimited photos for free why should I keep my Flickr Pro account?
What it says up top. Basically I just dump photos onto Flickr as I take them. I'm not interested in being social with them, I just want a place that I can put them that friends/family can access easily, without having to sign up for anything themselves. I'd rather not re-upload everything to a new service, but there are other things I could do with Flickr's annual fee to make up for that inconvenience.
One thing I do like about Flickr is the access control. I can mark a set as private and give out Guest Passes if I want specific people to see it. Is there something similar for Google Photos that doesn't require them to be Google+ users as well?
What it says up top. Basically I just dump photos onto Flickr as I take them. I'm not interested in being social with them, I just want a place that I can put them that friends/family can access easily, without having to sign up for anything themselves. I'd rather not re-upload everything to a new service, but there are other things I could do with Flickr's annual fee to make up for that inconvenience.
One thing I do like about Flickr is the access control. I can mark a set as private and give out Guest Passes if I want specific people to see it. Is there something similar for Google Photos that doesn't require them to be Google+ users as well?
I dont think it's unlimited, you get one gigabyte free unless your photos are 800 pixels or smaller.
For what it's worth, Google recently changed the rules: if you've signed up for Google+... photos up to 2048 x 2048 pixels and videos up to 15 minutes won't count towards your free storage.
posted by ringu0 at 9:00 PM on October 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
For what it's worth, Google recently changed the rules: if you've signed up for Google+... photos up to 2048 x 2048 pixels and videos up to 15 minutes won't count towards your free storage.
posted by ringu0 at 9:00 PM on October 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
I bought 80gig storage on google for music/documents/whatever else, if I recall correctly, it stacked on top of the seven gig from gmail. Each extra 20gig cost five bucks a year, a pittance, or so it seems to me.
posted by dancestoblue at 9:03 PM on October 17, 2011
posted by dancestoblue at 9:03 PM on October 17, 2011
This recent article from the LRB about some of the hows and whys behind the freeness of Google's services might help you weigh the options.
posted by bubukaba at 10:36 PM on October 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by bubukaba at 10:36 PM on October 17, 2011 [1 favorite]
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