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I am genuinely confused. I am currently a Pro user. I'm happy paying $25/year for what I get.

Now, to get all the same benefits that I was getting for $25/year, I can just degrade to a free account? I guess this assumes that there are a lot of mobile users now and installing ad-blockers on mobile is much more difficult.

Still, what a strange decision.

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If you continue to pay for the Pro account, you get no ads (the free tier is ad supported), unlimited storage space (no new plans get this, so this is a nice grandfathered bonus.. if you need more than 1TB that is) and photo stats.

But yes, the difference between free and Pro is no longer as large of a distinction as it used to be.

Hmm, I guess I will degrade my account and flickr will lose a paying customer.

Seems like most users either a) are resigned to seeing ads on every website or b) have installed an ad-blocker. I don't see how paying for ad removal can generate much money.

Keep in mind that the ad-free experience also means visitors don't see any ads when browsing your photos if you are a pro user. This may or may not be important to you, but is arguably worth the $25 per year for any use that approaches professional level.

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