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Do 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 d
by jsnell 5y ago
Do 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.