Seems some modern software have forgotten that GIF is not always a video format, it was once used for single-frame graphics like jpeg, yet smaller file size and much less lossy when using a small number of flat colors. Nowadays I have to convert them to PNG to fully use them properly.

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@skquinn my android twitter client
it chokes and harfs and tells me it's not a proper video file or something
I forget where, but others if it lets me upload cover it up with a giant javascript PLAY button

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