For ages, users have been able to login to Flickr, one of the internet’s more popular photo sharing websites, by using their Facebook or Google account information. Now, however, the Yahoo-owned site is feeling motivation to decrease its dependency on other sites, with Yahoo particularly unenthusiastic about supporting a direct competitor like Google. As a result, Flickr users will soon not have the option of logging in via Google or Facebook.

Indeed, according to a report from TechieNews.co.uk, Yahoo has decided to pull the plug on Google and Facebook support for Flickr. After June 30, users will either have to login to Flickr using their Yahoo account or create an actual Flickr account in order to use the photo sharing service.

The decision indicates a few things, both for Flickr as a standalone and for Yahoo as a whole. First of all, Flickr is at a stage of its evolution where it can likely survive independent of some of the internet’s biggest companies. Three years ago, Yahoo added the Google and Facebook access points to push more users to use Flickr for image hosting. The decision helped Flickr to grow into a well-known brand, and apparently, Yahoo now feels that the brand is strong enough to survive independent of the broader internet access points that obviously contributed to its growth.

The other indication from the decision is that Yahoo is tired of playing second fiddle to other internet companies. Recently, Yahoo logins for Flickr have actually been decreasing, while the service has been leaning more and more toward Google and Facebook. In cutting out Google and Facebook logins, Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer (who called for the change) is putting its foot down and pushing users to have a more direct tie with Yahoo itself.