There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the information that Flickr may be releasing a video product in the coming weeks. As a long-time Flickr user and supporter I thought I’d take a moment to chime in.
Here’s the deal, Flickr is REALLY good at images, I’ve tried lots of image hosts and none can touch Flickr, it’s just too darn intuitive. Sure I appreciate new and innovative features that other sites will on occasion release, but as complete packages go, Flickr is it.
It used to be known that Apple made really good personal computers, I mean so good that people became Apple users instead of Computer users. Then, the world started spinning backwards and Apple released the original iPod. The iPod changed everything. This is just one example of how a company who does one thing very well, can in fact do other things very well.
So my stance on the potential for Flickr video is that they may be able to do what others haven’t, create a video hosting solution that is classy, beautiful, and just work. I trust my thousands of images to Flickr , and I can see myself trusting video to them as well.
I might also add that I’m a Flickr Premium user, and you should be too. For a measly $25 a year you can store and unlimited number of images and share those images with an unlimited amount of people. It’s a great way to keep all your images safe, and easily printable for those of you who like to keep paper copies of pictures.
Here’s some of the many blog posts that are talking about Flickr Video today:
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