L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken downwww.ghacks.netexternal-linkmessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down10
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkGfycat.com shuts down on September 1 and all Gifs will be taken downwww.ghacks.netL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-square-V0lD@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSo, twitter, Reddit, Imgur, and now Gfycat are all killing itself Has the internet bubble finally popped?
minus-squareRagerist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou mean popped again? It has already popped back in 2002 with the dot-com bubble bursting. Seems investors never learn.
minus-squaredonalonzo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe privately-owned for-profit Internet is starting to pop. User-driven FOSS will reign supreme.
minus-squareSquanchin' it@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoDon’t forget about YouTube! https://www.techradar.com/computing/social-media/youtubes-test-run-of-the-three-strikes-youre-out-policy-against-ad-blockers-seems-like-a-bit-much
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoBeen wondering how they detect how many videos you’ve watched without being logged in. Cookies can be cleared, IPs can be changed, and if we all use something like the Mullvad Browser fingerprinting will be far more difficult.
minus-squareBlamemeta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down4·1 year agoI just spin up new virtual machines, with different flavors of linux. They’re all fairly interchangable at this point.
minus-squarejplate8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWait what’s happening with imgur?
minus-squareGingeyBook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoRemoving porn and all images not uploaded from an imgur account
minus-squareUnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNsfw images can’t be monitised with ads.
So, twitter, Reddit, Imgur, and now Gfycat are all killing itself
Has the internet bubble finally popped?
You mean popped again? It has already popped back in 2002 with the dot-com bubble bursting. Seems investors never learn.
The privately-owned for-profit Internet is starting to pop. User-driven FOSS will reign supreme.
Don’t forget about YouTube! https://www.techradar.com/computing/social-media/youtubes-test-run-of-the-three-strikes-youre-out-policy-against-ad-blockers-seems-like-a-bit-much
Been wondering how they detect how many videos you’ve watched without being logged in.
Cookies can be cleared, IPs can be changed, and if we all use something like the Mullvad Browser fingerprinting will be far more difficult.
I just spin up new virtual machines, with different flavors of linux. They’re all fairly interchangable at this point.
Wait what’s happening with imgur?
Removing porn and all images not uploaded from an imgur account
But why the porn?
Nsfw images can’t be monitised with ads.