Google shut down the Tenor API without warning. GIF functionality across Telegram, Discord, Twitter, and most messaging platforms is now broken. The largest GIF library online just went dark due to a unilateral corporate call. Another piece of open internet infrastructure centralized and killed. Platforms relying on Tenor for user engagement now face integration costs and user friction. This is a reminder that dependency on free corporate APIs carries tail risk—what's free today gets axed tomorrow when it doesn't fit the business model. Expect short-term chaos in social platforms, potential user churn, and scrambling to integrate alternatives like Giphy (owned by Meta, another centralization risk).