I am also a longtime Flickr user. I stopped paying after I realized that the site is going nowhere. I was just contemplating closing the account, but in view of this news, I will give it another chance.

There are hundreds of sites where people can dump their unprocessed vacation photos from their iPhones. My main interest in Flickr was as a place to share and discover high-quality photo works. That means good support for high-resolution images, professionally looking albums, flexible sharing options (private groups, etc).