TL;DR: They want to make their own business look unsuccessful, so that competition watchdogs allow the acquisition from Facebook.

And to further discredit that statement: I feel like GIFs are the closest the ‘old’ internet has to offer for what the young generation wants. There’s tons of GIFs being exported from TikTok every day.

What a load of bull, i’m gen Z and i use gifs extremely frequently within chatting apps