App Shutdown Disappointment
Users lament a startup's abrupt shutdown of a popular consumer app despite strong user love and traction, speculating on acquihire, pivot to B2B, or greedy motives, and suggesting open-sourcing or selling as alternatives.
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Looks like company tanked and this is an acquihire, hopefully getting some investors some money back. No way there's any product/customer value here if they turn it all off 4 days after the announcement.
Hopefully this was purely an acquihire and the product is being shitcanned.
I hadn't heard of this app. Seems like they're shutting down very quickly. No pivot or anything. Strange.
We are too (major enterprise). It's a shame. It was a good product. They don't even seem to be interested in sustaining it. Just trying to extract maximum value as quickly as possible before they kill it.
Why can't they sell it? I'm assuming there is a buy with the amount of traffic and user-base? I don't understand why they would shut it down.
oh shit! didn't know they were shutting down i hope i can still export my data wtfff. i do not understand why companies stop offering products that people use and love.
I thought they were pivoting towards close it and trying to monetize this?That got backlash so now it’s just getting dropped entirely?People get to do whatever they want but bit jarring to go from this is worth something people will pay for to maintenance mode in quick succession
They closed the consumer app but the company has pivoted.
It says: "Our top priority is ensuring that this change won't be disruptive for our customers. We will continue to sell and operate our product subscription service through our app and website. The company will continue to operate from Singapore."But I suppose they won't try as hard as before to make the product better. It's such a shame. I've been using it since it launched the video by begging everyone I knew and got an invite code. And I've been on the hi
Very sad to see this company greedy move. From an excellent unique B2C app which could have got an excellent future, to a B2B API. Worst thing is that they ignored the loyal users and they didn’t say anything about the future of the app or cared about the people who already paid