The pricing changes might not be great (I won't attempt to evaluate them -- I'm not a Flickr customer nor in the target market whatsoever), but the 300MB cap claim is silly. You say it yourself: it's only been a few hours since they made this announcement at all, and they just removed that cap from the terms of service. They'll get to removing the technical restriction soon, I'm sure.
C'mon guys. I'm as big a fan of rage-fueled blog posts as anyone else, but can't we give them even a little breather before breaking out the pitchforks and torches?
It's just disappointing when larger companies that are supposed to be experienced with marketing announcements have messy executions, it just affects the service image/credibility. Well, at least it's good for start-ups to learn from them!
The 1TB is definitely real. They had unlimited storage before for pro users. The fine print was confusing (i.e. max 300mb uploads per month). But I guess consumers now favour an actual measurable number (1TB) than unlimited. Flickr is a social community, not sure how reliable it is a backup solution. Good question though. Recently in the news they accidentally had some user's private photos as public :S
C'mon guys. I'm as big a fan of rage-fueled blog posts as anyone else, but can't we give them even a little breather before breaking out the pitchforks and torches?