Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My concern is the opposite: I have been a satisfied (paying) Smugmug user for 15 years or something like that (my greatpix.eu is on Smugmug) and now I am worried that the company will take on some of the ?features? of Flickr which I heartily detest. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 21 Apr 2018, at 02:13, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > If you use flickr, as I do, this affects you: > <https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/04/20/smugmug-buys-flickr-verizon-oath/537377002/> > > I don't know what this portends. It could be good news, or it could mean > that all old user agreements will be null and void and subject to whatever > terms they decide to dictate. I'm reasonably optimistic based on > SmugMug's past history and reputation. We shall see. The CEO says they > don't data-mine users content. I pay a reasonable fee to *not* be deluged > with ads. I like that model. > > Thoughts? > > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information