Snapfish notification
I received a mail notification from Snapfish this morning. It was about their changed terms and conditions. Its been almost 5 years since I last accessed my Snapfish account. I closed my eyes for a moment and tried to remember the account password. I was not surprised that I was able to log in at first attempt. I remembered it because this account was associated with the most precious period of my life and the password was unique! I used to preserve all my photos and videos for almost 8 years with this photo sharing and printing app.
The notification said the account holders need to order print at least once a year, otherwise photo access speed will reduce considerably. I understood they cant offer free storage anymore. Resources of irregular customers will be moved to less available and less redundant storage archival, which will cost them less - I reasoned with my preliminary knowledge on cloud service.
The first thing that came to my mind was to order some print. I did not want to loose any of them. I started to browse the folders. I smiled at my optimist and naive younger self. My old apartments, my trips, my achievements, my disappointments, my close ones, my valuable moments - all have turned into memories now. They don't decide how I feel about myself now, but they define my current self. Those places and those people don't look similar any more. Many of those people don't treasure those moments any more. Time and tide wait for none. They leave their impact behind. Those moments are now memories living inside my brain. They will be erased forever when I will cease to exist.
I asked myself when I would like to come back to them. I was not sure. I wish to preserve them forever, but I need not to browse them again anytime soon. I don't need to browse them to hold them close to my heart. The pain and contentment of those days will remain alive inside me. Some of those photos were already printed before. I finally decided not to order photo print now.
I logged out of my Snapfish account.
The notification said the account holders need to order print at least once a year, otherwise photo access speed will reduce considerably. I understood they cant offer free storage anymore. Resources of irregular customers will be moved to less available and less redundant storage archival, which will cost them less - I reasoned with my preliminary knowledge on cloud service.
The first thing that came to my mind was to order some print. I did not want to loose any of them. I started to browse the folders. I smiled at my optimist and naive younger self. My old apartments, my trips, my achievements, my disappointments, my close ones, my valuable moments - all have turned into memories now. They don't decide how I feel about myself now, but they define my current self. Those places and those people don't look similar any more. Many of those people don't treasure those moments any more. Time and tide wait for none. They leave their impact behind. Those moments are now memories living inside my brain. They will be erased forever when I will cease to exist.
I asked myself when I would like to come back to them. I was not sure. I wish to preserve them forever, but I need not to browse them again anytime soon. I don't need to browse them to hold them close to my heart. The pain and contentment of those days will remain alive inside me. Some of those photos were already printed before. I finally decided not to order photo print now.
I logged out of my Snapfish account.
When present situation become memory of past,,it bears joy, pain and tears....They are precious always as old memories,as new experience,,,,,your blog touches my heart. Looking for more...
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