• PlebsicleMcGee@feddit.uk
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      Gfycat had the excellent business model of hosting a load of high bandwidth content and not making any money from anyone

      • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works
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        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

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          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?

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            When I wanted to hear the audio, I would click through to get the video interface. Usually for pr0n.

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      deleted by creator

      • njinx
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        The service is likely a money sink