L4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoGfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken downwww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1972arrow-down110cross-posted to: technology@lemmygrad.mltechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@kbin.social
arrow-up1962arrow-down1external-linkGfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken downwww.ghacks.netL4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square216fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmygrad.mltechnology@beehaw.orgtechnology@kbin.social
minus-square@PlebsicleMcGeelinkEnglish63•11 months agoGfycat had the excellent business model of hosting a load of high bandwidth content and not making any money from anyone
minus-square@themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish10•11 months agoYou forgot the excellent idea of being highly integratable to the point end users don’t even know the gifs they’re seeing are from gfycat
minus-square@RGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months agoReally though. On Reddit at least, how often did you actually go to gfycat instead of just viewing on Reddit’s webpage or a third party app?
minus-square@DarthBueller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoWhen I wanted to hear the audio, I would click through to get the video interface. Usually for pr0n.
Gfycat had the excellent business model of hosting a load of high bandwidth content and not making any money from anyone
You forgot the excellent idea of being highly integratable to the point end users don’t even know the gifs they’re seeing are from gfycat
Really though. On Reddit at least, how often did you actually go to gfycat instead of just viewing on Reddit’s webpage or a third party app?
When I wanted to hear the audio, I would click through to get the video interface. Usually for pr0n.