▲ 338 ▼ Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more (arstechnica.com) submitted 4 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 72 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago (2 children) On March 27, 2018, Tenor was acquired by Google. The company has continued to operate as a standalone brand. Wikipedia Huh, well if you couldn't see a way to make money with it, maybe you shouldn't have bought it... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] adarza@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago i'm sure that the site's acquisition was always about user tracking data and never about it being 'profitable' itself. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply) [–] harrybo93@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago I covered this in this comment here: https://lemmy.world/comment/24536634 Google basically shuttered Tenor and heavily funded the replacement, which is showing sketchy early signs of ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 months ago (2 children) On March 27, 2018, Tenor was acquired by Google. The company has continued to operate as a standalone brand. Wikipedia Huh, well if you couldn't see a way to make money with it, maybe you shouldn't have bought it... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] adarza@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago i'm sure that the site's acquisition was always about user tracking data and never about it being 'profitable' itself. permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (1 reply)
[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago i'm sure that the site's acquisition was always about user tracking data and never about it being 'profitable' itself. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] harrybo93@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago I covered this in this comment here: https://lemmy.world/comment/24536634 Google basically shuttered Tenor and heavily funded the replacement, which is showing sketchy early signs of ads. permalink fedilink source parent