I had a look and while not perfect it takes $5 to reactivate the account for a month and download your images. (and anyone that interested in photography surely has an offline backup...)
Nothing has been deleted and users were given 2 months notice of the change...
If you think this is bad, wait until Fox-Mar starts harassing you about your kids’ school pictures. Last year their hand was over the Delete button for two months and they told me about it at least weekly. I lost count of the number of final warnings i got. Now I’ve already started getting the “prepare for your child’s picture day!” spam.