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It seems like there've been a crop of small sites trying to build in a "public domain stock photography" niche (http://www.pexels.com/, https://stocksnap.io/, and https://unsplash.com/ to name a few). I wonder if this will kill them off. :-/

Right now http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons (where I usually head to look for creative commons photos) lists zero public domain images.



Marc from StockSnap.io here! We honestly couldn't be happier that Flickr is doing this and we'll be sure to add their CC0 photos to our repository.


I have no idea why it didn't even occur to me that the sharing went both ways - totally makes sense now. :)


> I wonder if this will kill them off.

Absolutely NOT. Quite the opposite I think. Using Flickr now pexels, stocksnap, unsplash etc.. will be able to cherrypick the best and highest quality photos from thousands useless on flickr.

The main reason I am using unslplash.com and other sites is the quality of photos. The other day I tried to use a CC photo from flickr I've spent most of my time just searching for a good quality photo.


The benefit of these niche sites is the high level of quality. With Flickr, you'll need to sift through a lot of not so great photos.




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