Amazon Offers Unlimited Photo Storage for Prime Subscribers

[bigpatky]

I tried uploading last night. Drag and drop from iphoto works (provided you use Chrome and not Safari). Unfortunately, its name conflict options are lacking. If a photo has the same name (different metadata including date) it gives the option to replace or skip, not to keep both. It would take me forever to ensure I am uploading all of my photos and not "replacing" or "skipping" any "duplicates". Until I can figure that out, it's not worth it for me - despite being free as a prime customer.

 

[talmy]

Now I'm not saying Amazon are going to go bankrupt. But what is their long term plan? Amazon though surely can't just keep giving stuff away with Prime and hope eventually that will turn a profit?

Give away?? They raise the price of Prime 25% a year. That's their plan. Lure you in on the ground floor then bleed you dry over the years just like the cable company.

 

[Dahkot]

Give away?? They raise the price of Prime 25% a year. That's their plan. Lure you in on the ground floor then bleed you dry over the years just like the cable company.

When did amazon or bezos kick your dog or curb stomp you in the past ? Every post you have in this is anti amazon .

I paid 79 almost 7 years ago for amazon prime when the plan first was offered.

They just recently raised it to 99.

Your 25% cost raise a year is ********.


They've added cloud - streaming - music and I still save tons of money yearly simply buying tons of monthly subscriber items for the kids needs - ship Xmas presents free all over the country - and can have a 100lb heavy bag next day aired for 2.99.
Sunday delviery for free is the norm here too.

Sorry but amazon prime is an amazing deal for a family that actually buys items and this unlimited storage is even sweeter perk now.

 

[Keane16]

Give away?? They raise the price of Prime 25% a year. That's their plan. Lure you in on the ground floor then bleed you dry over the years just like the cable company.

Sorry but amazon prime is an amazing deal for a family that actually buys items and this unlimited storage is even sweeter perk now.

It is a great deal I agree. But that was why I responded to the OP regarding their business model. Amazon keep adding things to Prime to make it "sticky" for their users.

But they aren't making any money as a business. Something has to give eventually, as talmy says either prices go up, or cuts are made in offerings - whatever happens they can't continue as they are offering dirt cheap hardware with really cheap services.

 

[Jazper]

And Apple still offers only 5GB of iCloud storage when will Tim Cook learn.

When the money stops rolling in.

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It is a great deal I agree. But that was why I responded to the OP regarding their business model. Amazon keep adding things to Prime to make it "sticky" for their users.

But they aren't making any money as a business. Something has to give eventually, as talmy says either prices go up, or cuts are made in offerings - whatever happens they can't continue as they are offering dirt cheap hardware with really cheap services.

So true they have an exceptional return policy as well, they'll refund/replace anything (that's either fulfilled or directly sold by them), if you try hard enough you can easily return an item 2+ years old.

They are investing a lot in their cloud services though, including twitch and obviously looking to have a share in the mobile market so they clearly are making money.

 

[QuarterSwede]

And you delete it from your device and boom is gone from the cloud too. The point of cloud services for me is that it does not take up any local space also I wasn't just talking about photos. It's a mess as a whole. There isn't even an app

I'm talking photos only. Turn on iCloud photo and almost no space is taken up by photos and video.

 

[talmy]

When did amazon or bezos kick your dog or curb stomp you in the past ? Every post you have in this is anti amazon .

Well then let me say that I buy almost everything besides groceries on amazon.com and have Prime. I just don't think they have a winner with this photo storage plan.

 

[odedia]

The Amazon site says it supports .RAW files. Whether or not it means any raw format, I don't know, but since it displays the images I expect it would kick out any raw format it doesn't know and charge your quota.

Just tested with a Nikon NEF file - it works! That's great news for prime customers.

 

[Kevsource]

How does it work?

Okay, I'm a Prime customer. Is it as simple as me dragging my one iPhoto Library file to the Cloud Drive?

 

[jennyp]

Not impressed because computer access to Amazon's cloud is via the web browser instead of integrated like iCloud, Dropbox, Google, and Microsoft.

Well, you do get an iPhone and an iPad app .. maybe they'll bring out an OS X app as well?

 

[talmy]

Well, you do get an iPhone and an iPad app .. maybe they'll bring out an OS X app as well?

I'm waiting. But with all other clouds having apps that allow integrating with the existing file system, I don't see an appeal of using Amazon's.

 

[Kevsource]

Acd

Asking again: I'm a Prime customer. Is it as simple as me dragging my iPhoto Library file - about 200GB - to the Cloud Drive?

If not, do I have to drag my tens of thousands of pics individually? How is that done?

 

[Razeus]

Asking again: I'm a Prime customer. Is it as simple as me dragging my iPhoto Library file - about 200GB - to the Cloud Drive?

If not, do I have to drag my tens of thousands of pics individually? How is that done?

You expect Amazon Photo Library to read a proprietary database format that contains your edits, orginals, albums, and events and expect it to know what to do with that?

Your answer is no.

 

[talmy]

Asking again: I'm a Prime customer. Is it as simple as me dragging my iPhoto Library file - about 200GB - to the Cloud Drive?

If not, do I have to drag my tens of thousands of pics individually? How is that done?

See post 51. Basically, the photos need to be uniquely named, then you can drag-and-drop. But keep in mind that you lose the organization you had in iPhoto and you do lose your originals.

If you just want to save the (uniquely named) originals, export the originals from iPhoto then drag-and-drop the exported folder into the cloud.

 

[unplugme71]

OneDrive gives a lot more I forgot how much but Microsoft a lot more free than 10GB, iCloud free storage space is a joke.

I get 30GB with OneDrive and if you are an Office 365 subscriber, you now get unlimited.

Amazon has unlimited photos.

Dropbox kind of sucks in terms of cost per GB but at least they have version history.

iCloud is great for my iWork apps but 5GB per account is a joke! 5GB per iOS device should be standard. 5GB per device wouldn't even add much to their cost considering the profit margin per device.

At least I would have 15GB between my iPhone, iPad, and Mac Mini. Plenty for backups.

 

[Kevsource]

You expect Amazon Photo Library to read a proprietary database format that contains your edits, orginals, albums, and events and expect it to know what to do with that?

Your answer is no.

I thought perhaps a file with any name might be able to reside there. Didn't think for a second there would be any functionality to it, but it'd be nice to store a backup somewhere other than a local drive.

 

[daboybk]

Wow!! This is tempting to join Prime, do you think they will be able to keep our photos from being lost?

 

[talmy]

Wow!! This is tempting to join Prime, do you think they will be able to keep our photos from being lost?

I'm sure you will find a disclaimer somewhere absolving them from any responsibility for data loss. In fact, here it is in http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201376540

6.5 Limitations of Liability. Without limiting the disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability in the Amazon.com Conditions of Use: [...](c) we have no liability for any loss, damage or misappropriation of Your Files under any circumstances or for any consequences related to changes, restrictions, suspensions or termination of the Service or the Agreement. These limitations will apply to you even if the remedies fail of their essential purpose.

 

[daboybk]

I'm sure you will find a disclaimer somewhere absolving them from any responsibility for data loss. In fact, here it is in http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201376540

I figured this lol, but is there any company who is fully responsible that you guys may know of?

 

[Hammie]

I only use Dropbox for a few apps that save its data only to that service.

iCloud has nothing but my iDevice backups in it.

OneDrive with unlimited storage is the best option for me. It just meets my needs for everything.

I cannot see Amazon being a storage fit for me, even with my Prime membership.