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Joost: Opportunity Lost

Started by webomatica · 1 year ago

So… a few months ago I wrote about Joost. In the beginning, I felt they did a lot of things right, which unfortunately slid into general annoyance as the service deteriorated. Now Techcrunch writes that they’re preparing a “major retrenchment of staff,” and that article reminded me - I haven’t fired up Joost in months. ... Continue reading »

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  • Mike

    1 year ago

    May I suggest Miro? They aim to replace Joost, with open source software and RSS/Atom feeds with video enclosures - they're calling them "channels" instead of video podcasts.

    It's pretty nice - integrated BitTorrent client, channel guide, and everything.
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    Cool, I'll check out Miro.
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  • papa

    1 year ago

    Yeazh, I was all hot and heavy for Joost when it came out (they did a brilliant job of creating demand for beta accounts). I fired it up once and thought "meh" (nice technology with no content = yawn), tried it again a few months later and quickly shut it down.

    In my opinion, Hulu is a fantastic service. Really well done. The embedding is a great bonus. Everyone wins with the Hulu model.

    I really don't understand companies that try to go against the grain with these proprietary/downloadable clients. It's a huge huge obstacle to adoption.

    Apple can get away with it (iTunes) because it's Apple. But look at how long it took Apple to reach its current music player/music store dominance. It required a number of years, a LOT of money and a combo hardware/sofware/content strategy. Takes a lot of savvy AND resources and patience to pull off something like that!
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  • webomatica

    1 year ago

    Hulu is a decent website. I was pissed when NBC pulled out of iTunes, in particular, because of BSG, so I must count myself a reluctant user of Hulu. But it does the job of serving up video in an easy manner and it works. And because they have the content - I'll be using Hulu at least once a week wheras Joost - I might take a cue from you and reclaim some hard drive space.
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  • markt

    11 months ago

    Has anyone used FILESWIRE WEB BASED P2P Its a web based p2p client. It uses Gnutella (the same network as LimeWire) and their own network. Web based p2p has finally arrived.
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