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Re:Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confi... by squeaky-clean on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @03:55PM (#33252956)
> Nothing stops you from starting a new service for any sort of content library.

Content licensing does. Try creating an alternative streaming platform that has the entire Netflix library and see how quickly you get shut down.

Facebook can't sue you if you create a rival gif service. None of the value is in their "content". All the value is in the search and ui

Re:Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy after UK watchdog confi... by ch4s3 on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @04:17PM (#33253271)
> All the value is in the search and ui

I'm pretty sure that value is approximately $0.