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Photo Storage Service 'Ever' Shutting Down and Deleting All Photos and Videos on August 31

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After seven years of operations, photo storage service Ever has announced that it plans to shut down on August 31, 2020, citing increasing competition from Apple and Google.

In a letter to customers, Ever says that all photos and videos stored on its servers are scheduled to be deleted on August 31, so affected users should follow Ever's export instructions below and read its FAQ as soon as possible to preserve their files:
- Log into the Ever website or your mobile application.
- If you use the website, the export button will appear on the far right of the secondary navigation bar. You can choose to export your photos and videos in the order they were uploaded or by capture year.
- For all mobile applications, the ‘Export Photos & Videos’ option appears under Account Settings. You may access Account Settings by selecting the gear icon in the upper right, twice.

The export process will send you an email with a link to one or more zip files containing your memorables. Please download these zip files to your local device to save your photos and videos. The export process will take anywhere from a couple of minutes (1,000 photos) to a couple of hours (10,000 photos), or longer. Contact support if you do not receive an email with a link to your memorables within 24 hours.
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On the iPhone and other Apple devices, photos and videos automatically upload to iCloud when iCloud Photos is enabled.

(Thanks, Randy Reighard!)

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Not surprising.

Given the platform (OS)-level integration that Apple and Google provide, I don't see how 3rd party photo storage service can compete. The last thing I want is leave an app like Ever running to complete photo and/or video upload into their server.
 
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It's becoming increasingly more difficult for smaller players to establish operations and survive. Shutdowns like this are an overall net negative for the industry — they handover more power to incumbents, users become more hesitant and resistant to try new options, and as a result, incumbents move slower and fail to innovate.

This, in and of itself, is what I find most problematic about our current tech landscape, and it's a vicious cycle — a cycle that makes it nearly impossible for startups / new companies to survive:
  1. Fragmentation in market breeds new market entrants promising 'seamless' user experiences;
  2. this in turn causes companies to onboard more users with undefined business models trying to reach profitability / sustainability;
  3. most of these companies are unable to reach true product-market-fit and therefore a reliable business model;
  4. eventually, companies are forced to shutdown;
  5. incumbents gain more power and do not innovate as quickly as the market demands.
  6. Repeat steps 1-6.
/rant
 
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555gallardo said:
One might say this didn't last for ever.
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*Puts on sunglasses 🕶 *
“Yeaaaaaa“
I’ll put on my serious hat. As pointed out it seems to be really hard for smaller players to compete in the tech market. Especially service - if one can make a cool app you still have to play by Apple and Google’s rules.
 
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I’ve been usung cloud storage services since 2006 and so many have disappeared. I will now only use Apple, Microsoft and Google for storage. You need the most stable and safe provider if you go this route.
 
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avigalante said:
It's becoming increasingly more difficult for smaller players to establish operations and survive. Shutdowns like this are an overall net negative for the industry — they handover more power to incumbents, users become more hesitant and resistant to try new options, and as a result, incumbents move slower and fail to innovate.
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A lot of startups' sole purpose is to be bought by a bigger company. I worked for one several years ago, and that was the management's primary objective... to build up enough value that they'd be swallowed up by a bigger player, ... and they were.
 
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coolfactor said:
No kidding! One week??? What if someone is away on vacation? This is very inconsiderate and disrespectful to users.
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Apparently they announced the closure at least two weeks ago, according to this review posted on Aug 8.

I was confused by the tone of the review at first, but apparently they are happy that the service existed, as it managed to save some long-forgotten photos.

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avigalante said:
It's becoming increasingly more difficult for smaller players to establish operations and survive. Shutdowns like this are an overall net negative for the industry — they handover more power to incumbents, users become more hesitant and resistant to try new options, and as a result, incumbents move slower and fail to innovate.

This, in and of itself, is what I find most problematic about our current tech landscape, and it's a vicious cycle — a cycle that hands power to incumbents and makes it nearly impossible for startups / new companies to survive:
  1. Fragmentation in market breeds new market entrants promising 'seamless' user experiences;
  2. this in turn causes companies to onboard more users with undefined business models trying to reach profitability / sustainability;
  3. most of these companies are unable to reach true product-market-fit and therefore a reliable business model;
  4. eventually, companies are forced to shutdown;
  5. incumbents gain more power and do not innovate as quickly as the market demands.
  6. Repeat steps 1-6.
/rant
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I think this is why Apple specifically didn't/doesn't want their services to be duplicated by developers. Incumbents need to offer a more unique value and a future roadmap that is sound and at least tries to mitigate changes in their role by competitors.
 
This is why I stick with brand name cloud and sync services and encourage others to do the same. These companies come and go so fast and when something goes wrong (like cash flow) they don't always get the choice to shut down gracefully.
 
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This company is Ripe for the Picking !

NOT as a mainstream Photo Service, but definitely as a High-End domain-specific Photo Service it has significant upside potential !

Anybody know where their servers are located (esp for U.S. customers here in the States) ? ... this is key !
 
This right here.

Do not forget AWS. Say what you will about them, they are not going anywhere any time soon. Deep Glacial is a ridiculously good deal for a redundant storage option. I have a ton of items backed up for under $1 a month with a pretty trivial bar to entry.


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I’ve been usung cloud storage services since 2006 and so many have disappeared. I will now only use Apple, Microsoft and Google for storage. You need the most stable and safe provoder if you go this route.
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Less than a month notice until they perma delete all photos? LOL this is why I prefer using products from the big boys
 
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