This is fantastic news. I love seeing that Flickr is waking from its long winter, where I think most people had sort of written it off as having long been pulled into a vacuum of irrelevance.<p>I think I'm ready to start really paying closer attention to Flickr, using it more seriously as a service, and having stronger hopes for a proper resurgence<i>.<p>The Flickr of a few years ago probably would not have even made an announcement like this one. Somebody in there is pushing for improvement.<p>Flickr has, in my mind, always been "the good guy" on the Web, and this announcement fits that story well. Thank you Flickr for rescuing us from the greedy clutches of Facestagram.<p></i>Still, it's a service that's out of my control, and I will also double down on preserving my images under my own control as well.