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Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 86 points 4 weeks ago* (2 children)

Tenor was quick, great, and optimal solution. I liked it.
Google (Tenor) notified API Users around five months before June 30, 2026, the access restriction date:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46628926

Klipy is being offered as a direct alternative:
- https://klipy.com/migrate

Discord also migrated to Klipy about a month ago. Yesterday, I saw positive feedback in communities about Klipy's more accurate search.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

    Worth noting that while Klipy is headed up by ex Tenor employees, Google has also heavily invested in Klipy.

    At my community (The Gamers' Tavern) we ditched Discord (when all the age verification crap started) in favour of Discourse and Fluxer (Discord clone, but open source and self hostable) and currently Klipy integration is offering a sketchy and vague pricing model that is looking like it is going to include ads.

    So, that's the vein that runs through all of this. Google killed Tenor, funded a new startup that'll eventually likely be somewhere they can of course shove ads into.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Thank you very much for more insightful information! Google has always been a changer, not a talker, and appreciate them!
    Yet, may I ask why did you choose Fluxer over Stoat, and if the source of Google investing in it available?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Source: Klipy themselves.

    Why Fluxer over Stoat, there is a lot to unpack here, but self hosting was much more mature and well thought out with Fluxer. Docker support was way beyond Stoat, and development is proceeding at a much better rate with mobile apps, integrations etc. We probably answer a lot of the questions here: https://blog.gamerstavern.online/innkeeper/about-community-and-communities

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  • [–] 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Tenor was always slow for me and had shit search.

    I didn't know it was owned by Google, but now that I do it makes complete sense.

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