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After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted from gfycat.com (gfycat.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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After being purchased by Snapchat, it appears that gfycat has been abandoned.

The Gfycat service is being discontinued. Please 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

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

I guess all these free services had to implode one day, I just didn't think they'd all choose the same day...

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Many of these have the same underlying external cause of money no longer being free so they can't keep the merry-go-round going for their debt and/or their investors are no longer content to just pour more money into the engine.

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