The unspoilt tidings is that Flickr has extended the deadline for users to download their images from its servers before it startsmass deleting photos . The spoilt news program is that this is emphatically still happen in mid - March , so really , really make it a priority this time if you want to preserve your stuff .
“ Based on feedback from our member and complications some members go through when downloading photograph yesterday , we ’ve extended our deletion eligibility deadline until March 12 , 2019 , ” the company toldCNETin a statement on Wednesday .
The ship’s company said months ago that it planned to pare free account down from a terabyte to only 1,000 images anddelete the eternal sleep on Feb. 5 . After that , if users wanted to post more pic to the website , they would have to buy a Flickr Pro account that would break away them $ 50 yearly . Flickr announced these changesback in Novemberas part of an inspection and repair to focus on paid subscriptions after it was purchased by SmugMug last year .
But despite giving user quite a little of time to prepare for this massive photograph purge , many were — hm , let ’s say unprepared . The trouble , whichGizmodopreviously take down , is that there is no single button to do this in one brutal slide . Instead , users are task with download their photos in batches of 500 — which you’re able to imagine could be a actual pain in the ass for anyone with several thousand or more images deal to the platform .
Some user also report gettingerror messageswhile they were attempting to download their photos , which the company seemed to imply in its financial statement Wednesday was part of the cause it pushed the deadline back to March 12 . gratuitous to say , some Flickr drug user seemedgenuinely pleasedto have another month to get this squared away .
For a step - by - whole tone usher for how to download your photos , we ’ve got youcovered right here . But photo swot , seriously , this is your last probability .
[ CNET ]
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