FYI, a year ago GIPHY told us that the free option was ending. Given that they want $9000 a year for a subscription I’m gonna politely pass on that. Don’t be surprised if you login one day with your email address 🙂 and find out it’s not there.
i’ll try and see if there are any workarounds when the day comes, but in the meantime just know that we are probably on borrowed time here.
Honestly, it might be months until this happens. I have no way of predicting it. I just know we were finally officially warned. I figured I might as well just rip the Band-Aid off now.
Update 11/13/24: I have changed the settings so that you can login with your display name as you are now or with your email address. I just tried this myself and it works just fine. I did not have to do anything other than change my login name to my email address on file. No emails were required to be sent to my email address.
Bottom line is that you can start using this now and it should transfer over seamlessly whenever the new software is released and installed here.
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Update 11/13/24: I have changed the settings so that you can login with your display name as you are now or with your email address. I just tried this myself and it works just fine. I did not have to do anything other than change my login name to my email address on file. No emails were required to be sent to my email address.
Bottom line is that you can start using this now and it should transfer over seamlessly whenever the new software is released and installed here.
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Signing in with a Display Name has been removed in v5 of our software, email addresses MUST be used instead. This isn't my choice. The functionality has been removed.
I do not know the full consequences of this. To avoid being locked out, please make sure you know your password and you have a working email address, in case of problems needing a reset.
It is possible/probable that if you know your password, you just need to change the login name upon logging back in. We should assume the upgrade WILL log every out.
I do not know when this release and upgrade will take place, but they are preparing and issuing advice.
Thanks.
He meaning Claude Balls?
Unless I missed the backstory, he was from Rochester. I just assumed it was a takeoff of Clawed Balls.
Unless this was a joke. 🤷