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This looks great. However, 5 Gb is the same amount of free storage as is given to every user on iCloud, so you won't save much space on your phone by being a free user on Loom. On the other hand, 50 Gb costs $48/year on Loom and close to $100 on iCloud. Another alternative is everpix.com, which offers unlimited storage for $49/year.

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Hi, co-founder of Loom here. Thanks for the feedback.

The reason Loom saves space compared with iCloud is that Loom stores your original photos entirely in the cloud, and not on your device. Loom caches smaller versions of these originals on your phone for fast browsing, organizing, and sharing, and then you can quickly access the originals if you choose.

Everpix is a great service and more affordable than Loom, but the main difference between Loom and Everpix is that we store your files in their original size and resolution, untouched, so if you ever need them, you can get them. Additionally, Loom supports RAW and video uploads.

RAW support is a killer feature guys!

Google+ just introduced RAW support too. Glad to see web services finally beginning to officially support it.

How would you say you guys compare to Flickr which offers 1TB? I've tried your service out here and there, but not sure where the value was compared to an iPhoto/Lightroom library in dropbox/gdrive/etc or to flickr's absurd space limit. Since you're here, could you go over how you think you differentiate yourself in the space?

You guys also support PNGs and Everpix does not, critical for syncing iOS screenshots across devices.

Curious , what are your views on imgur ?

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