Popular animated gifs hosting service gfycat.com is shutting down on September 1, 2023 and all hosted content will no longer be accessible at that point.
Popular animated gifs hosting service gfycat.com is shutting down on September 1, 2023 and all hosted content will no longer be accessible at that point.
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readbeanicecream@kbin.social · 8 pts · 3y
@yesdogishere Time for a federated gif service! #federateallthethings
Pandantic@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
It didn’t say why. Are they just sick of running it? Is it hemorrhaging money? It’s practically a household name!
Al_Borland@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Hyperreality@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
More likely they bought it to shut it down. Probably cheaper than allowing a potential competitor to survive.
That's what a lot of companies do.
Hyperreality@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
For those wondering: redgifs, which was started after snapchat banned nsfw content on giphy, is now owned by a different company.