Why Facebook bought giphy

bartosimpsonio · May 16, 2020

Facebook paid a bundle of money for giphy, a stupid gif sharing site.

I see tons of criticism about it. Why would anyone pay so much money for gifs?

It's not about gifs. The gifs ain't worth shit.

It's about user tracking.

The gifs are everywhere. Phones, twitter, embedded in sites.

Facebook can now track every single person who ever logged into FB via those gifs. Everytime you see a gif, remember Facebook knows what you're doing online.

Google must be dying with envy. Nah, no they aren't. Google has Android and Chrome watching everyone 24x7. Can't beat that.

TheVigilante · May 16, 2020

These giants are gonna eat up the market leaving no room for startups to grow at their level

bartosimpsonio · May 16, 2020

TheVigilante said:
These giants are gonna eat up the market leaving no room for startups to grow at their level

It's been happening for a while already

During this pandemic Facebook is binge buying startups.

Startups are going broke. Big brands buying everything.

HustleTong · May 16, 2020

GIFs are intergrated into whatsapp as much as stickers.

Repulsor · May 16, 2020

HustleTong said:
GIFs are intergrated into whatsapp as much as stickers.

This. And they are funny as hell comparing to stickers.

You search a keyword and you literally get tons of GIFs right away from Giphy.

Deleted member 1333509 · May 16, 2020

I wonder if Giphy is profitable or running at a loss and how they monetise? Just the data right?

leechesBleechin · May 16, 2020

I hope discord removed the gif integration now. Else im going to have to find an alternative.

Digitly · May 16, 2020

Big fish eating small fish

Vamux · May 16, 2020

bartosimpsonio said:
Google has Android and Chrome watching everyone 24x7. Can't beat that.

Too bad the big money platform and browser is iPhone with Safari. We all know only poor people have Androids.

jokowi · May 16, 2020

They want beat telegram gif.

ziko12345 · May 16, 2020

Vamux said:
We all know only poor people have Androids.

Is this sarcasm??

Vamux · May 16, 2020

ziko12345 said:
Is this sarcasm??

Do you have an Android?

IG Pro · May 16, 2020

Nowadays data is 10X more valuable than gold.

sane120 · May 16, 2020

It's really so annoying to know that we are being tracked 24/7 by Google and Facebook and not being able to do anything about it

Red Yonko · May 16, 2020

Bart, do we know how much did it cost?

ziko12345 · May 16, 2020

Vamux said:
Do you have an Android?

I hope bhw 2.0 will bring a dislike button

PaulRD · May 16, 2020

Vamux said:
Do you have an Android?

And your post goes abracadabra

leechesBleechin · May 16, 2020

sane120 said:
It's really so annoying to know that we are being tracked 24/7 by Google and Facebook and not being able to do anything about it

There is plenty you can do about it if you care enough to put in the opsec effort

Vamux said:
We all know only poor people have Androids.

This might be the most ignorant thing I've ever heard someone say.

thescrrr · May 16, 2020

Yeah, they are just buying data.

Vamux · May 16, 2020

ziko12345 said:
I hope bhw 2.0 will bring a dislike button

I'll take that as a yes. Come on, you have 1500 posts and haven't even bought Jr VIP yet. Make more money, get rid of the Android and level up.

PaulRD said:
And your post goes abracadabra

Nah it's still there

leechesBleechin said:
This might be the most ignorant thing I've ever heard someone say.

Welcome to the Lounge. It's 2020, get offendedddddd

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