There is exactly one reason animated gif still lives, and that's the simplicity and universality of the img tag. If this can run in all modern browsers in an img tag, it's useful. If it can't, it's not.
How do I load an h.264 video in markdown? bbcode? Filtered html? I can't. But anything that lives in an img tag? That just works.
How do I load an h.264 video in markdown? bbcode? Filtered html? I can't. But anything that lives in an img tag? That just works.