Lightmancer
Legend
- Location
- Sunny Frimley
- Name
- Bill Palmer
*sigh*
I don't think I'm being clear enough. It's not about ME seeing ads, or anyone else with a Pro account.
It's about them showing ads juxtaposed with my pictures without my control. They have assumed the right to use imagery stored on Flickr as clickbait. That is unacceptable to me and to many others. Use case. You put up a self-portrait of you gurning amusingly for the camera. You post it on Flickr. Someone on the far side of the world searches for "man pulling face" and pulls up your image on Flickr juxtaposed with an ad for haemorrhoid cream.
a. Your image has been monetised at no benefit to you, the copyright owner.
b. The use of your image is out of your control and can be to your detriment.
Ultimately the point is that Yahoo took over Flickr and changed from a subscription-based revenue model to one based upon ad revenue. They thought that they had bought a goldmine and came up with a handful of dirt because they did not understand the customer base or the market. Remember Mayer declaring that there was no such thing as professional photography anymore? Remember the Ken Burns effect rollout? All symptomatic of a deep lack of empathy for what they had acquired. They tried to make Flickr into Instagram but in so doing lost the essence of Flickr and didn't gain enough momentum to challenge Instagram. A bit like an embarrassing uncle dancing at the wedding, they tried to be hip and ended up needing a replacement hip.
Being sold is the best thing that can happen to Flickr now. We can only hope for a buyer with vision and empathy.
I don't think I'm being clear enough. It's not about ME seeing ads, or anyone else with a Pro account.
It's about them showing ads juxtaposed with my pictures without my control. They have assumed the right to use imagery stored on Flickr as clickbait. That is unacceptable to me and to many others. Use case. You put up a self-portrait of you gurning amusingly for the camera. You post it on Flickr. Someone on the far side of the world searches for "man pulling face" and pulls up your image on Flickr juxtaposed with an ad for haemorrhoid cream.
a. Your image has been monetised at no benefit to you, the copyright owner.
b. The use of your image is out of your control and can be to your detriment.
Ultimately the point is that Yahoo took over Flickr and changed from a subscription-based revenue model to one based upon ad revenue. They thought that they had bought a goldmine and came up with a handful of dirt because they did not understand the customer base or the market. Remember Mayer declaring that there was no such thing as professional photography anymore? Remember the Ken Burns effect rollout? All symptomatic of a deep lack of empathy for what they had acquired. They tried to make Flickr into Instagram but in so doing lost the essence of Flickr and didn't gain enough momentum to challenge Instagram. A bit like an embarrassing uncle dancing at the wedding, they tried to be hip and ended up needing a replacement hip.
Being sold is the best thing that can happen to Flickr now. We can only hope for a buyer with vision and empathy.