Flickr -- bye bye

It came around what -- three, four years ago? I've had used it for some time before I discovered Google PicasaWeb. Even though Picasa at that time had serious problems with uploaded picture quality, I liked it better for intuitive interface and under-appreciated feature of loading next picture to the cache, before you hit next button. And now flickr announced that they are going to remove my account if I don't pay 25-something bucks before some date in February.

You know what guys? -- I've just removed my account, completely, no pictures, no login, no password, nothing. And thank you for solving this problem for me: I used to wonder why some people still like Flickr, but now it's gone. Reminds me of Russian-style business: let's start squeezing money from our customers! More is better! :) If they don't want to pay, we'll make them pay by threatening to remove their accounts! Nice, huh? Love it.