"Think of the kittens, think of the breakfast plates, think of the converse shoes. Free the photos."<p>Best quote ever and pretty much encompasses everything about Instagram in one sentence. I don't see what the big deal is, Instagram issued a clarification statement about the TOS changes. And in all honesty it's not like the photo quality of an iPhone image is that great, especially not for advertisement purposes let alone the subject quality of the images themselves.<p>As an aside: you can't argue Flickr's $25 per year pro account is extremely good value for money. Especially if you're uploading a lot of photos. I've seen photo shoots that resulted in thousands of images before from just the one shoot. Instagram isn't a site for pro photographers, it's more teenagers at parties and hipster eateries.
I really hope this Instragram black-eye (even if they fix it) triggers a rebirth of interest in Flickr. Flickr was a great site once and remains a great idea.
Nicely done! Flickr's API is a big reason why despite lacking growth in other departments, I'm still a happy paying customer of theirs. When I heard about the Instagram hubbub, I figured something like this would appear within a day or two, given how easy their API is to work with. That's not to downplay the work done here - great, simple, effective implementation
I don't like that Flickr is so focused on the iPhone. It's a free app, and yet it chooses to make a big SEND TO IPHONE button on the screen, and completely hides that it even supports Android, even though there are more Android phones in the world at this point. I just don't understand what's the reasoning behind focusing <i>so much</i> on the iPhone. Are they trying to pretend they are focusing on a niche or what?<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com</a>
This is awesome, also don't forget to delete your account from Instagram afterwards and delete the app, here is how to for account and also alternate to download your photos: <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/how-to-download-your-instagram-photos-and-kill-your-account/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/12/how-to-download-your-...</a>
Am I the only one who will keep all photos on Instagram? I seriously don't understand what the fuzz is about. Not one single time have I've seen anything bad happen after privacy "scandals" like this and I'm pretty sure nothing will happen this time either.
Under "Why are we doing this?" It just says<p><i>"This is a migration service built so you can keep the rights to your photos. If you haven't read Instagram's new terms of service, read more here.<p>Update: Instagram has updated their stance on the issue. Read the blog post here.<p>We don't store, keep or use your data, information, or photos in any way. All data is streamed directly from Instagram to Flickr. When it comes to your photos, we agree with Flickr."</i><p>I understand what the tool does but I still don't understand <i>why</i> you're offering this service. I'm guessing it's a fun hack and a service to the community but I'm curious to hear why you decided to build the tool.
I never understood what was so great about Flickr. I can only upload 300 MB a month of photos? And only view my last 200 photos? What's great about that?<p>Instagram is a huge hit and is the defacto standard for taking and uploading photos to social services. No monthly limits, no limits on viewing photos...<p>Flickr needs to free people's photos more than Instagram does.<p>(Great service though to the OP. I am actually trying it now too despite Flickr's limits!)
Wow - this is great. I was just looking for a quick tool to do exactly this. Worked perfectly - within 5 min. Thanks!<p>One question - does the Instagram API not facilitate location export? As in... none of my Instagram location info was moved over to Flickr location data.