L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken downwww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square211fedilinkarrow-up1959arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1950arrow-down1external-linkGfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken downwww.ghacks.netL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square211fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarePlebsicleMcGee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 year agoGfycat had the excellent business model of hosting a load of high bandwidth content and not making any money from anyone
minus-squarethemoonisacheeselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year 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-up6·1 year 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-squareDarthBueller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhen I wanted to hear the audio, I would click through to get the video interface. Usually for pr0n.
minus-squarestebo02@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agohow is shutting down a website profitable
minus-squarenjinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year 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?
When I wanted to hear the audio, I would click through to get the video interface. Usually for pr0n.
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how is shutting down a website profitable
The service is likely a money sink