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Joost died because it didn't do what it said it did: Let you watch TV on the internet. It let you watch little snippets of things you weren't interested in.
by jasonkester 17y ago
Joost died because it didn't do what it said it did: Let you watch TV on the internet.
It let you watch little snippets of things you weren't interested in. I downloaded the client because I lived in Spain at the time without a television. I tried to use it a few times, but there was never anything on it worth watching. Certainly no network television. None of the sports that it promised. Basically, nothing at all to watch.
Then Hulu came along with a thing that let you watch TV on the internet. The rest is history.
- marcofloriano 17y agoI think that´s that´s the point !
- joezydeco 17y agoI was all excited about Joost when the first stories about it were circulating on the net. I signed up for the beta. And waited. And waited. Then I could finally download the client (that's another strike in itself), then discovered it wouldn't run on my older hardware. That's when I gave up. Hulu had a much shorter private period, much laxer signup rules, and didn't need a dedicated client player.