What will be missing without flickr api?

Hi, which functionality will be missing without the flickr api key?
I really do not want to go thru the painful yahoo registration dialog, I hate it (they still are in 2003 with this, such a shame tzhey got flickr.)

is there an alternative? What about Postggis?

Thanks!

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