> On Aug 14, 2015, at 1:08 PM, steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote: > > On 2015-08-14 6:10 , Eric Weir wrote: > >> As one poster on the Flickr help forum suggested, auto upload should have >> been an opt-in not an op-out feature. Why anyone would want ALL the photos >> they take uploaded to Flickr is beyond me. The assumption seems to be that >> every photo we take is perfect. > > i have the Flickr app on my iPhone; i just signed in with it yesterday as a > test for this thread; i don't believe it asked me about auto-uploads, and > it's not doing auto-uploads; there's nothing new on my Flickr account since > 2011; i see in the app the control to "Turn Auto-Uploadr On" — it's pretty > clearly an opt-in
I suspect you are right, though do not recall opting in. > > i just used the Flickr extension to upload a photo from my iPhone's camera > roll; it asked me which destination album and uploaded the one image with no > further interaction; this didn't turn on auto-uploads By “Flickr extension” do you mean the app? > there are plenty of people who would want all their photos uploaded — for > some the cloud is the only place they manage their photos; and multiple > services are competing to auto-upload all your photos, since if all your > photos are with a service, it creates some lock-in for other services or > paying for more storage As I say, I may decide join them sometime down the road. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
