Yahoo's Photos and N.America Auction Closing

Last week, Yahoo made an announcement that it will close its auction service in North American with effect from 3rd June. This come just after the announcement that they will be closing down their photo service, Yahoo Photos.

Not much I can say for the N.America Auction site. Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan are unaffected by the auction site announcement...

The closure of the Yahoo Photos doesn't really come as a surprise. Its closure seemed inevitable since its acquisition of Flickr, which was deemed as a pioneer for Web 2.0. Yahoo underwent a significant reorganization in December to better focus its efforts. The closure is seen as an attempt to rationalize its services and remove what was deemed as overlapping services.

Yahoo Photos users will be given the opportunity to move their pictures over to Flickr, Shutterfly or Kodak Gallery.

However, much is to be seen from the closure.

I for one feel kinda sad. Flickr isn't suited for everyone. Especially with limited set creation unless you have a paid account, it doesn't really match up to that of Yahoo Photos.
For now, we just have hope that Yahoo removes that limit which is highly unlikely.

Maybe Google can come up with a photo sharing site with unlimited sets and free.....Possible?... Just maybe...