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Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/07\/05\/gfycat-shuts-down-on-september-1\/<\/a><\/br>
\nGfycat, the Snap-owned GIF hub, shuts down on September 1<\/br>
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Gfycat<\/a>, the Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, announced that it\u2019s shutting down on September 1, pulling its full archive of GIFs offline. Users have two months to save content before it leaves the platform forever.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Gfycat service is being discontinued,\u201d a message on the website writes. \u201cPlease save or delete your Gfycat content by visiting https:\/\/www.gfycat.com and logging in to your account. After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted from gfycat.com.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear whether Snap plans to integrate Gfycat content into Snapchat or permanently delete years of GIFs. However, a Snapchat spokesperson told TechCrunch that \u201cSnapchatters are still able to search for and use GIFs in their conversations with friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/strong> Gfycat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The shutdown is a sign that the service has struggled to compete against rivals Tenor and Giphy. Gfycat recently faced criticism after its TLS security certificate temporarily lapsed<\/a>\u00a0in May, making the platform inaccessible to most users for five days. Plus, reports on Reddit<\/a> indicate that, for months now, some Gfycat users have been unable to upload GIFs, and the support team has apparently been unresponsive.<\/p>\n

Many users will be disappointed to see the service disappear since it supports high-definition short clips and animations. Founded in 2013, Gfycat was among the first web services to allow video encoding of GIFs. Snap acquired the service in 2020.<\/p>\n

The news comes on the heels of Meta selling off Giphy to Shutterstock<\/a> for $53 million, three years after buying the GIF search engine for $400 million<\/a>. In October 2022<\/a>, the U.K.\u2019s antitrust authority ordered Meta to sell Giphy as it would \u201csignificantly reduce competition in two markets,\u201d Stuart McIntosh, chair of the independent inquiry group, stated in a press release.<\/p>\n

Updated 7\/5\/23 at 2:25 p.m. ET with a comment from Snap.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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