L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoGfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken downwww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square202linkfedilinkarrow-up1747arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1742arrow-down1external-linkGfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken downwww.ghacks.netL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square202linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squarePlebsicleMcGee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·2 years agoGfycat had the excellent business model of hosting a load of high bandwidth content and not making any money from anyone
minus-squarethemoonisacheese@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years 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-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years 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-squarestebo02@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 years agohow is shutting down a website profitable
minus-squarenjinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 years agoThe service is likely a money sink
Money. Always.
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?
how is shutting down a website profitable
The service is likely a money sink