I have been reading Om Malik's post on Get… – Long posts

2021-04-07

Joe Ortiz

3 years ago

I work in the IT/Marketing/Social fields, a Culture Vulture in heart and an one part geek in a all-rounder way!

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I have been reading Om Malik's post on Getty buying Unsplash and it's like a betrayal. https://om.co/2021/04/01/the-wrong-kind-of-splash/

"But as a longtime part of the community, selling out to one of the worst digital corporate citizens does feel like a betrayal. We all know how this movie ends: Getty is going to come up with some variation of a paywall, and start charging for photos on Unsplash. It is only a matter of time. In a couple of years, when the Unsplash founders are gone, I won’t even be surprised if Getty’s strongmen started sending legal notices to those who used the photos. New rights-related legalese is probably already being drafted."

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@joe
@ludolphus Which Gif engine is powered by? I hope you know that Giphy would soon be brought by FB.
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@Kabuku @ludolphus That's even worse. Also VSCO is going to be brought by Pinterest.
@joe
@Kabuku @ludolphus I have been readingOm Malik's post on that and it's like a betrayal of sorts. [om.co]
@joe
@Kabuku @ludolphus We all know it's future since history tells us that. Look at the Instagram and WhatsApp buys from FB to give you any indication. The statement is basically a PR move to calm people down which we know things are going to change.