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Re:U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy by nowherebeen on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @09:27AM (#29392440)
> Also what's so special about Giphy? Seems it could be duplicated fairly easily by any serious competitor.

Just cause its easily duplicated doesn't mean others can compete. You can easily duplicate Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. But unless you are as big as Facebook, you will not be about to compete. Its called network effect.

Re:U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy by fomine3 on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @07:23PM (#29399182)
But it's just gifs. Not social network like other examples.
Re:U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy by nowherebeen on Friday December 03, 2021 @10:25AM (#29431054)
> But it's just gifs. Not social network like other examples.

When you send gifs to someone, that gif can be tracked. Which means, it can be monetized like other social networks. In fact, their business model is exactly like other social networks.

Re:U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy by ComodoHacker on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @11:56AM (#29394260)
If Telegram shows anything, you can.
Re:U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy by oblio on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @04:53PM (#29397985)
Telegram was launched 8 years ago. By a Russian billionaire.

Facebook/WhatsApp/Instagram have ~3 billion users and Telegram only has 500 million, after FB has been under constant attack for about 3 years and Telegram has received a ton of free advertising as a result.

If you call that easy (after all, that what the comment you were replying to was asking), then everything in this life is easy. Heck, getting resurrected is probably "easy".

Re:U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy by ComodoHacker on Wednesday December 01, 2021 @02:33AM (#29401590)
I don't call it easy, I call it possible.
Re:U.K. regulators order Meta to sell Giphy by hansel_der on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @12:57PM (#29395197)
hehe, yea!

tg value proposition is based around a superior user experience, that's what competition is all about.