SmugMug recently bought Flickr from Yahoo [0]. Their CEO Don MacAskill recently said in an interview with Amateur Photographer magazine that they're looking to remove hurdles such as the tie-in with Yahoo's authentication system but at the same time they're leveraging the need of Flickr's community for a solid desktop experience (for curation) and not necessarily to compete with Instagram as a mobile-centric app, at least in the short term.
Long term plans are obviously still in the works but the overall idea I get is that Flickr's mobile experience going forward will be focused on consumption, while keeping most of the community engagement on the desktop site.
Long term plans are obviously still in the works but the overall idea I get is that Flickr's mobile experience going forward will be focused on consumption, while keeping most of the community engagement on the desktop site.
[0] http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/latest/photo-news/flick...