And going to another photo hoster to have the same fate looming in the dark? Yes, I need to host it myself. But I want to have some sort of access to some sort of community. And I have an idea to cut out this unneeded middle man (like flickr) and enable the people to get together and share content with another as they wish. Most of the technology is available already, I need to put it together in a sensible way. And of course there will be no lock-in, you would simply choose a webhoster (like for your blog), could easily back-up or move your content. I hope I put a big dent in flickrs business model. Alas, I won’t be able to start this project before next March and it will take some time – but anyway revenge is a dish best served cold.