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As they should. At this point, no general purpose service can do well under Meta.
by gigglesupstairs 5y ago
As they should. At this point, no general purpose service can do well under Meta.
- jsnell 5y agoDo you think Giphy can do well as a stand-alone business? They're willing to sell for $400M despite taking $150M in VC, which suggests that the company itself doesn't really believe it.
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- scoopertrooper 5y agoWhat is even their business model? What's the risk to consumers of Meta dominating the animated emoticon business? Giphy strikes me of being one of those 'your product is actually a feature' companies.
- docflabby 5y agoGiphy's business model has nothing to do with GIFs, they are just a front really - its all about advertising and user tracking, essentially the same as FaceBook. All those shared gifs are tracked and used to target advertisments with.
- mohanmcgeek 5y agoI hate FB just as much as the next person but blocking a M&A deal needs real grounds. To say this needs to happen for all future deals is extreme.
- readflaggedcomm 5y agoIs that the legal threshold for prohibiting acquisitions in the UK?