[sarabad2021]

RIP. I'm sure this acquisition will be great for the team but it's pretty obvious Getty will fill the site with tricky sponsored images. They will also likely start fading out new free images until the site is mostly stale or filled with sponsored image links. I could also see them playing around with image licensing so it's less obvious how you can use them. Welp, I guess there's always Pexels.

[weird-eye-issue]

"it's pretty obvious Getty will fill the site with tricky sponsored images"

That is literally Unsplash's current business model already

[busymom0]

They already have tricky sponsored images on their site. Also their "Brands" ads:

https://unsplash.com/brands