Facebook has just bought the popular GIF GIPHY hosting platform. In a blog post, GIPHY announced that it will join the Instagram team.
Although both companies have confirmed the deal, they have not disclosed the amount. A post by Axios he says that Facebook paid $ 400 million to acquire GIPHY.
GIPHY API is quite popular on social networks. Facebook already uses it in many of its products, such as Messenger and WhatsApp for GIF search. Other social networks such as Twitter, Reddit and Slack also use GIPHY APIs for their GIF-related functions.
In a statement, Vishal Shah, Product VP on Instagram, stated that GIPHY will continue to operate its library and developers will have the same access to GIPHY APIs as before:
GIPHY will continue to operate its library (including its global collection of content) and we look forward to further investing in its technology and relationships with its content and partners through APIs. The users they will still be able to upload GIFs. Developers and API users will continue to have the same access to GIPHY's APIs. So GIPHY's creative community will still be able to create great content.
Παρά τη διαβεβαίωση του Facebook, υπάρχουν ήδη πολλές ερωτήσεις σχετικές με το privacy και με το πώς θα διαχειριστεί το Facebook τα δεδομένα των χρηστών.
Facebook history shows us that the company wants to share our data in all its products. We already know this and we have seen it in practice with consolidation WhatsApp and Instagram and Facebook. So while the larger social network promises to keep things as they are for the time being, we should expect everything to change in a few years.
