![]() The world has moved on: there is no shortage of cloud-based photo syncing or aggregation solutions, and photo timelines and manual tagging options are now a given.For consumers it is difficult to understand what happens when photos are deleted from one device – are they still in the cloud and if so, for how long? Adobe Revel and Apple’s original iCloud Photo Stream faced the same challenges. In our The Dispersed Photo Challenge Study we reported that 77% of the respondents found it valuable or very valuable to be able to back up photos that are dispersed among multiple devices – more than any other photo use case (such as access on multiple devices, searchability, sharing, collaboration, or unified browsing).Ĭloud-based syncing solutions are simply not well suited for backup. No matter how attractive a visual interface, the number one concern of photo-taking consumers is safe backup of their photos.With the acquired technology and human resources Dropbox developed an app that directly targeted any-device photographers: rather than displaying photos through an unattractive folder structure, Carousel showed users’ photos through a visual timeline while enabling the users to also tag their photos (“albums”). Just a few years ago, when Dropbox came to realize that storage-hungry file types such as photos and videos were prime drivers for their freemium storage business model, it was no surpise that Dropbox acquired three photo startups (Snapjoy, Bubbli and Loom). In the past 90 days it didn’t even make it in the top 200 free photo apps in the US iOS and Google Play app stores.ĭropbox’ expectations were certainly different. The bottom line: like Revel, Carousel didn’t get much traction. This follows in the footsteps of Adobe Revel’s demise announced just three weeks ago. ![]() Dropbox announced today that it will shut down its Carousel photo organizing app as of March 31, promising that key features of Carousel will make their way into the main Dropbox app. ![]()
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