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> It was mobile first, so I could see how you could argue that a pandemic was bad for a platform built around mobile This argument would have to ignore the mas
by rajangdavis 6y ago
> It was mobile first, so I could see how you could argue that a pandemic was bad for a platform built around mobile
This argument would have to ignore the massive success of TikTok during the pandemic.
- gnulinux 6y agoTikTok has been getting popular since summer 2019.
- rajangdavis 6y agoTikTok usage tripled in 2020 versus doubled in 2019 (according to the Verge)
- drchiu 6y agoIt’s kind of funny they got Meg Whitman to be the CEO of Quibi. Pretty sure Bella Poarch (or someone similar) would be a more appropriate choice for knowing how to get something viral.
- jariel 6y agoShe was for Ops. They had Jef Katzenberg for content. That said, maybe neither of them had their finger on the pulse, and they are too old and rich to be 'hands on' founders - so without some really competent lieutenants this was going to fail. $1B is goddam lot of money to spend on something with $0 capex. The mobile app is a tiny cost. So you have paying for the content then distribution. The later should have been royalty based and also drive most of the distribution. It almost smells fishy.